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This article gives a survey of the theory of radiation damage in materials irradiated by fast particles. An attempt is made to describe the processes of phase transformations under neutron irradiation of fissionable materials with the aid of diffusion equations. In this way an expression for the coefficient of diffusion D is obtained. The possible result of the effect of thermal spikes on the structure of the eutectoid a + γ′ is investigated for an annealed uranium-molybdenum alloy.
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Konobeevsky, S.T. On the question of the nature of radiation damage in fissionable materials. The Soviet Journal of Atomic Energy 1, 209–216 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01506933
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01506933