This resource provides PDF lecture notes and readings for an undergraduate course covering materials issues in nuclear power systems. Topics include: introduction to materials degradation in nuclear environments; review of thermodynamics; crystal structures; point defects; diffusion in solids; mechanical properties; cavities in solids; fission product behavior, and radiation effects in metals.

Citation: Wirth, Brian D. "NE120 - Nuclear Materials, Fall 2007 lecture schedule," UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department.

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