Nuclear energy and materials: Nuclear fission energy, Types of nuclear fission energy, Future reactors, and Properties of nuclear fusion energy. Reactor material propertiesand requirements: Nuclear engineering design and material selection, Requirements of nuclear material properties, General properties in selection of nuclear reactor materials, and Special properties in selection of nuclear reactor materials.Primary components and materials of nuclear fission reactors, Classification of nuclear fission reactor material, nuclear fuel materials, structural materials, moderator reflector and blanket materials, coolant materials and control element, shielding materials. Fundamental radiation effects on materials: Classification of crystal imperfections or defects, interaction of nuclear radiation with matter, radiation damage by neutrons, proposed models of radiation damage, threshold energy required to displace an atom and fundamental radiation effects on property changes. Irradiation effects on reactor materials in engineering applications: Integrated neutron flux, threshold integrated neutron flux, irradiation effects on material properties; irradiation effects on nuclear properties; irradiation effects on physical properties; irradiation effects on thermal properties; irradiation effects on mechanical properties, irradiation swelling and irradiation effects on corrosion. Metallic uranium and Ceramic uranium: Production of metallic uraniumand ceramic uranium,nuclear; physical; thermal and mechanical properties, uranium metal, uranium alloys, primary irradiation effects on uranium fuel, ceramic uranium compounds, uranium dioxide, oxide fuel, irradiation swelling in oxide fuel, irradiation creep of oxide fuel, fission gas release from oxide fuel, uranium monocarbide, carbide fuel , uranium nitride, and nitride fuel. Plutonium and Thorium: Plutonium occurrence and production, nuclear; physical; thermal and mechanical properties, plutonium metallic alloys, mixed ceramic uranium plutonium fuel, irradiation effects and corrosion effects on plutonium, thorium occurrence and production, nuclear; physical; thermal and mechanical properties of thorium, irradiation effects and corrosion effects on thorium. Structural materials, metals, ceramic and Cermets: Metals and alloys, beryllium and its compounds, magnesium, its alloys and compounds, aluminum, its alloys and compounds, zirconium and its alloys, stainless steel and nickel alloys, ceramics and cermets, irradiation effects on structural materials, and corrosion of reactor structural materials. Moderator; reflector; blanket; and coolant materials: Moderator and reflector, graphite, blanket materials, coolant material. Control and shielding material: Control elements and materials, reactor shielding, shielding materials.
