Advanced Nuclear Fuels and Materials - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Associate Professor, Division of New Materials, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; from 2021-present is an member of the Editorial Board for the journal Chemical Engineering & Machinery. Research interests include the development and engineering of coated fuel particles for high temperature gas cooled reactor

Associate Professor, Deputy Head, Division of New Materials, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET), Tsinghua University, Beijing. Visiting Scholar, the Ohio State University, Chemical and Molecular Bioengineering, 2008-2009.

Dr Ma joined Tsinghua University after he received his PhD from the department of Materials in 2003. He has been engaged in the research and development of ceramic materials, particularly nuclear fuel and materials, including those for high temperature gas cooled reactors. He has published about 100peer reviewed papers and has been granted 30 patents.

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This book provides an overview of the current situation and development trends in nuclear fuels and materials used in nuclear energy generation. The following contents are included in the book:

• Fuels with different types, including oxide fuels, metal and alloy fuels, carbide fuels, nitride fuels, composite fuels and transmutation targets;
• Fuels used in advanced reactor systems, including high temperature gas cooled reactor fuels, molten salt reactor fuels, sodium cooled fast reactor fuels, lead cooled fast reactor fuels, gas cooled fast reactor fuels, and supercritical water reactor fuels;
• Materials used in nuclear reactors, including structural alloy materials, control rod materials and graphite materials;
• Numerical simulation of advanced nuclear fuels;
• The frontier of nuclear fuels, including new accident tolerant fuels, nano materials used in advanced nuclear energy systems.