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Summary
Summary
Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics offers a one-semester treatment of the essentials of how the fission nuclear reactor works, the various approaches to the design of reactors, and their safe and efficient operation . It provides a clear, general overview of atomic physics from the standpoint of reactor functionality and design, including the sequence of fission reactions and their energy release.
It provides in-depth discussion of neutron reactions, including neutron kinetics and the neutron energy spectrum, as well as neutron spatial distribution. It includes ample worked-out examples and over 100 end-of-chapter problems.
Engineering students will find this applications-oriented approach, with many worked-out examples, more accessible and more meaningful as they aspire to become future nuclear engineers.
Table of Contents
1 Nuclear Reactions |
2 Neutron Interactions |
3 Neutron Distributions in Energy |
4 The Power Reactor Core |
5 Reactor Kinetics |
6 Spatial Diffusion of Neutrons |
7 Neutron Distributions in Reactors |
8 Energy Transport |
9 Reactivity Feedback |
10 Long Term Core Behavior |
Appendices |
A Useful Mathematics |
B Bessels Equation and Functions |
C Derivation of Neutron Diffusion Properties |
D Fuel Element Heat Transfer |
E Nuclear Data |