Preface Margin between safety and disaster concerned with nuclear powergeneration entities Basic modelling of creep deformation Defect-based structural integrity in nuclear plants Facilities and research activities for nuclear engineering inradiation research center of Osaka Prefecture University Structural integrity issues in nuclear engineering Flaw-to-surface proximity rules and fatigue crack growth behaviorfor transformed surface flaws Ductile crack growth simulation of full-scale cracked pipes Review and perspective on fracture toughness testing for pressurevessel steels Finite element analysis on ratcheting strain distribution forpressurized 90~-elbows under cyclic bending Some considerations when conducting nuclear power plant structuralintegrity assessments in the UK Fatigue crack initiation and propagation in stainless steel barsunder combined cyclic torsion and tension In-situ observations on local fracture behavior in a dissimilarmetal weld joint of nuclear power plant Nanoindention on proton irradiated A508-3 steel Effect of high temperature on integrity of pressure vessels ofnuclear power plant in case of severe unusual accident …… Cyclic asymmetry of a single-crystal nickel-based superalloy Author index Keywords index