Programme

The programme of the school included lectures on methods and techniques, as well as of case studies on issues of interests for the nuclear materials field. The students worked on case studies in groups tutored by lecturers and presented the results of their work to the other students and the lecturers.

Lectures

• L1 Introduction to Nuclear Materials Science (NMS)
• L2 Multiscale modelling in  NMS
• L3 Electron microscopy in NMS
• L4 Machine learning applications for atomic scale modelling
• L5 Atomic scale modelling: description of interatomic interactions and specificities for NMS
• L6  Fuel performance codes
• L7 Nano-to-macroscale modelling of mechanical properties
• L8 Atomic scale modelling: exploration of configuration space and calculation of properties
• L9 Phase field methods
• L10 X-Ray Diffraction techniques
• L11 Measurement of thermochemical and thermophysical properties
• L12 Calphad modelling
• L13 Ion irradiation techniques
• L14 Atom probe tomography and application to NMS
• L15 Kinetic Monte Carlo modelling
• L16 Study of defects, in particular positron annihilation spectroscopy in NMS

Case studies

• CS1 Coupling of experiment and modelling
• CS2 Radiation damage and microstructural evolution in reactor structural materials
• CS3 Accelerated qualification of materials
• CS4 Fuel thermo-mechanical behaviour under irradiation
• CS5 Radiation damage and microstructure evolution in nuclear materials
• CS6 Thermophysical and thermochemical properties of fuels 

The schedule is shown below.