Fundamentals of nuclear reactor physics /

This new streamlined text 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. The book includes numerous worked-out examples and end-of-chapter questions to help reinforc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lewis, E. E. (Elmer Eugene), 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, �2008.
Subjects:
Nuclear physics.
Nuclear physics > Problems, exercises, etc.
Physique nucl�eaire.
Physique nucl�eaire > Probl�emes et exercices.
nuclear physics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Nuclear.
exercise books.
Problems and exercises.
Probl�emes et exercices.
Online Access:Texto completo
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. Bessel's Equation and Functions
  • C. Derivation of Neutron Diffusion Properties
  • D. Fuel Element Heat Transfer
  • E. Nuclear Data.

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