Properties of materials for water reactor fuel elements and methods of measurement

The present meeting was scheduled by the International Atomic Energy Agency upon the proposal of the Members of the International Working Group on Water Reactor Fuel Performance and Technology and held in the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna from 13 to 16 October 1986. Nineteen participants from 11 countries attended the meeting. Fifteen papers were presented in three sessions covering the following subjects: cladding materials (6 papers), fuel materials (4 papers) and influence of material properties on fuel rod behaviour (5 papers). Three working group meetings covered the above-mentioned topics which were held in order to discuss, in depth, the presentation of papers and to develop the recommendations for future activities aimed at improving properties of cladding and fuel materials for water cooled power reactors. A separate abstract was prepared for each of these 15 papers