Materials Issues for Generation IV Systems Status, Open Questions and Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ghetta, Véronique (Editor), Gorse, Dominique (Editor), Mazière, Dominique (Editor), Pontikis, Vassilis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Computer mathematics.; Continuum physics.; Engineering.; Nuclear engineering.; Materials Science.; Materials Science, general.; Nuclear Engineering.; Engineering, general.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Computational Science and Engineering.

Global warming, shortage of low-cost oil resources and the increasing demand for energy are currently controlling the world's economic expansion while often opposing desires for sustainable and peaceful development. In this context, atomic energy satisfactorily fulfills the criteria of low carb...