It was recalled that considerable success had been achieved in the understanding of radiation damage production in high-energy displacement cascades, the properties of the defects and the evolution of radiation damage in metals. Firstly, a marked increase in computing power had permitted the simulation of realistic cascade energies, with good statistics and relatively long-term evolution of defects. Secondly, new experimental findings and theoretical calculations had permitted the interpretation of mechanisms and phenomena which were critical to an understanding and prediction of practically important radiation effects such as void swelling, radiation growth, matrix hardening and
plastic flow localization. The most significant results in atomic-scale computer modelling related to these issues were reviewed; with particular regard to the formation of extended defect clusters, the dynamic properties of defect clusters, interactions between radiation defects and the strengthening due to radiation defects.

Atomic-Scale Modelling of Primary Damage and Properties of Radiation Defects in Metals. Y.N.Osetsky, D.J.Bacon: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 2003, 202, 31-43