Introduction -- 1. FORMATION OF RADIATION POINT DEFECTS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH SOLUTE ATOMS IN METALS -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. FORMATION OF PRIMARY RADIATION DEFECTS -- 1.3. INTERACTION OF INTERSTITIALS WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH SOLUTE ATOMS -- 1.4. INTERACTION OF VACANCIES WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH SOLUTE ATOMS -- 2. DIFFUSION PROPERTIES OF POINT DEFECTS AND SOLUTES IN PURE METALS AND ALLOYS -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. DIFFUSION IN PURE METALS AND ALLOYS BY THE INTERSTITIAL DUMBBELL MECHANISM -- 2.3. DIFFUSION OF SOLUTE SUBSTITUTIONAL ATOMS BY THE VACANCY MECHANISM -- 3. BUILDUP AND ANNEALING OF RADIATION DEFECTS IN PURE METALS AND ALLOYS -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.2. THE STAGES OF RECOVERY OF STRUCTURESENSITIVE PROPERTIES IN IRRADIATED METALLIC MATERIALS -- 3.3. THE BUILDUP OF RADIATION DEFECTS DURING IRRADIATION IN THE VICINITY OF ABSOLUTE ZERO -- 3.4. MAIN EQUATIONS OF FORMATION AND THERMAL ANNEALING OF POINT DEFECTS DURING IRRADIATION. SINKS AND THEIR EFFICIENCY -- 3.5. CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE RANGES OF RADIATION DAMAGE IN FORMATION AND THERMALLY ACTIVATED ANNEALING OF NON-CORRELATED POINT DEFECTS -- 3.6. KINETICS OF BUILDUP OF RADIATION DEFECTS DURING THE FORMATION OF COMPLEXES WITH SOLUTE ATOMS -- 3.7. THE FORMATION AND GROWTH OF CLUSTERS AND DISLOCATIONS LOOPS IN PURE METALS AND SOLID SOLUTIONS IN IRRADIATION -- 3.7.1 Theory of the size distribution of clusters and dislocation loops of the interstitial type and its application for analysis of the experimental data -- 3.7.2 Kinetics of buildup of interstitials and vacancies in pure metals and solid solutions during formation and growth of dislocation loops -- 3.8. FORMATION AND GROWTH OF VOIDS IN PURE METALS AND ALLOYS UNDER IRRADIATION -- 3.8.1 Nucleation of voids in alloys -- 3.8.2 Growth of voids in alloys -- 4. RADIATION-STIMULATED PHASE CHANGES IN ALLOYS.

4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. RADIATION-ENHANCED DIFFUSION -- 4.2.1 The mechanisms of radiation-enhanced diffusion -- 4.2.2. Radiation-enhanced diffusion of solutes and interdiffusion -- 4.2.3 Experimental data for radiation-enhanced diffusion, their analysis and interpretation -- 4.3. INTENSIFICATION OF THE PROCESSES OF ORDERING, SHORT-RANGE CLUSTERING AND BREAKDOWN OF SOLID SOLUTIONS IN IRRADIATION -- 4.3.1. Ordering -- 4.3.2 Short-range clustering and break-down of supersaturated solid solutions -- 4.4. PHASE INSTABILITY OF METALLIC MATERIALS UNDER IRRADIATION -- 4.4.1. Instability of under-saturated solid solutions -- 4.4.1.1. The mechanisms of instability of under-saturated solid solutions -- 4.4.1.2. Analyses of the experimental data -- 4.4.2 Variation of the phase composition in compensation by point defects of deformation effects of phase transformations -- 4.4.3 Phase instability, determined by dynamic radiation defects -- 4.4.4. Phase instability caused by transmutation effects in nuclear reactions eactions -- 4.5. COALESCENCE -- 4.6. PHASE CHANGES IN INDUSTRIAL AND ADVANCED CONSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR ENGINEERING -- 4.6.1. Low-alloy ferritic steels -- 4.6.2. Bainitic, martensitic and ferritic-martensitic steels -- 4.6.3. Austenitic ustenitic steels -- 4.6.3.1. Austenitic Cr-Ni steels -- 4.6.3.2. Austenitic chromium-manganese steels -- 4.6.4. Vanadium-anadium-based allo alloys ys -- 5. RADIATION-RESISTANT STEELS AND ALLOYS WITH ACCELERATED REDUCTION OF INDUCED RADIOACTIVITY -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. MAIN DIRECTIONS AND PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF REDUCED-ACTIVATION MATERIALS -- 6. MAIN PRINCIPLES AND MECHANISMS OF RADIATION DAMAGE OF STRUCTURAL METALLIC MATERIALS -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. THE MAIN PRINCIPLES AND MECHANISMS OF THE VARIATION OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF METALLIC MATERIALS DURING IRRADIATION.

6.2.1. Mechanical properties of active tensile and impact loading -- 6.2.1.1. Pure metals and diluted solid solutions -- 6.2.1.2. Aluminium-based alloys -- 6.2.1.3. Ferritic steels -- 6.2.1.4. Austenitic steels -- 6.2.1.5. Vanadium-based alloys -- 6.2.2. Mechanisms of radiation hardening and embrittlement -- 6.2.2.1. Radiation hardening -- 6.2.2.2. Radiation embrittlement -- 6.2.3. Irradiation creep -- 6.2.3.1. Experimental data -- 6.2.3.2. The mechanism of irradiation creep -- 6.3 SWELLING -- 6.3.1. Austenitic chromium-nickel steels -- 6.3.2. Austenitic chromium-manganese steels -- 6.3.3. Ferritic steels -- 6.3.4. Vanadium-based alloys -- Index.