Polymers in nuclear environment - long term behaviour

This bibliographical note presents a book which addresses original theoretical tools which are required for the prediction of polymer life time in a nuclear environment, and notably the kinetic modelling of low dose rate radiation-induced oxidation and the consequences of irradiation on thermo-mechanical properties. The authors discuss the anaerobic radiochemical ageing, the general aspects of radio-oxidation, the radio-thermo-oxidation, and the effects of radiochemical ageing on mechanical properties of industrial polymers. They identify research fields for the radiochemical ageing of polymers