or designed for replacement (fuel rods, control blades, or instrumentation tubes). In the last decade, there have been many more structural components (PWR baffle bolts and BWR core shrouds) that have been identified to be susceptible to IASCC. Recent reviews [1 5] describe the current ...
The safe and economical operation of any nuclear power system relies to a great extent on the success of the fuel and the materials of construction. Materials used for fission and fusion-based nuclear engineering mainly include fuels, materials for fuel cladding, moderators and control rods, first...