Ferritic/martensitic steels for next-generation reactors

Concepts for the next generation of nuclear power reactors designed to meet increasing world-wide demand for energy include water-cooled, gas-cooled, and liquid-metal-cooled reactors. Reactor conditions for several designs offer challenges for engineers and designers concerning which structural and cladding materials to use. Depending on operating conditions, some of the designs favor the use of elevated-temperature ferritic/martensitic steels...