Tutorial / Tomsk: Tomsk Polytechnic University Publishing House, 2008. 186 s. , ISBN 5-98298-264-4. The creation of fuel for nuclear reactors . is being considered. To this end, together with fuel manufacturing technologies, theoretical information is given about the structure of the substance, the individual properties of fuel materials and their behavior during radiation in the reactor. The problem of fuel selection, its composition and enrichment for reactors of various directions operating on thermal and fast neutrons is discussed. The fuel data provided are accompanied by the necessary information on the safety of handling them. The manual was developed as part of the implementation of the TPU Innovative Educational Program for the Exercise of Nuclear Energy , The nuclear fuel cycle , safe management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel , ensuring security and countering terrorism" and is intended to provide training for undergraduates in the program "Physical and technical problems of nuclear energy" .