Radiation damage in metals

Some of the important developments in research on radiation damage in metals in the last 20 years are reviewed with especial reference to those where progress has been due to, or has occurred in conjunction with, theoretical studies at AERE, Harwell. Among topics considered are; analysis of the role of vacancies and dislocations in the nucleation and growth of gas bubbles in fissile materials, dislocation loop energies and morphologies, the interaction of point defects with dislocations, the role of channeling and cascade damage, electron microscope image simulation, void swelling, void nucleation and void size distributions, and the importance in irradiation creep of interaction between point defects and dislocations. (UK)