Fifty-seven papers provide a diverse and highly technicaldiscussion of the influence of radiation on the microstructure andmechanical properties of structural materials. Nine sections cover:reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels, austenitic andferritic/martensitic alloys, proton and spallation neutron sources,radiation damage fundamentals, and other materials.

Twenty-five papers discuss various aspects of radiation effectson RPV plate, forging, and weld materials, includingradiation-induced changes on mechanical properties, radiationdamage mechanisms and associated microstructural changes and themodeling of radiation embrittlement mechanisms.

Eight papers discuss radiation-induced segregation, creep,irradiation-creep, swelling, and the associated changes inmechanical properties. Four papers discuss ferritic/martensiticalloys; and six papers examine the effects of high energy protonand spallation neutrons on the mechanical properties and corrosionbehavior of various structural alloys. Finally, radiation damagefundamentals is the subject of four papers and the publicationconcludes with 10 papers covering a broad range of materialsincluding vanadium alloys, tungsten rods, silicon film, siliconcarbide and silicon carbide composites, shape-memory alloys,zirconium-niobium pressure tube materials, and other metals andalloys.