Nuclear materials" section
Matériaux du nucléaire

This section covers "nuclear materials", short for the diversity of materials (metals and alloys, ceramics, glass, concrete, polymers, bitumen, geomaterials) which, from reactor vessels to waste storage matrices, are – or could be – used in the nuclear industry. A special article focuses on the properties of sodium coolant.

It describes the main materials used in PWRs. First and foremost are the materials used in fuel assemblies ( [BN 3 700] ,