Neutronic Analysis For Nuclear Reactor Systems

✍ Scribed by Bahman Zohuri

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 575
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book covers the entire spectrum of the science and technology of nuclear reactor systems, from underlying physics, to next generation system applications and beyond. Beginning with neutron physics background and modeling of transport and diffusion, this self-contained learning tool progresses step-by-step to discussions of reactor kinetics, dynamics, and stability that will be invaluable to anyone with a college-level mathematics background wishing to develop an understanding of nuclear power. From fuels and reactions to full systems and plants, the author provides a clear picture of how nuclear energy works, how it can be optimized for safety and efficiency, and why it is important to the future.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Neutron Physics Background....Pages 1-51
Modeling Neutron Transport and Interactions....Pages 53-101
Spatial Effects in Modeling Neutron Diffusion: One-Group Models....Pages 103-216
Energy Effects in Modeling Neutron Diffusion: Two-Group Models....Pages 217-254
Numerical Methods in Modeling Neutron Diffusion....Pages 255-288
Slowing Down Theory....Pages 289-306
Resonance Processing....Pages 307-353
Heterogeneous Reactors and Wigner–Seitz Cells....Pages 355-366
Thermal Spectra and Thermal Cross Sections....Pages 367-391
Perturbation Theory for Reactor Neutronics....Pages 393-405
Reactor Kinetics and Point Kinetics....Pages 407-433
Reactor Dynamics....Pages 435-457
Reactor Stability....Pages 459-474
Numerical Modeling for Time-Dependent Problems....Pages 475-490
Fission Product Buildup and Decay....Pages 491-507
Fuel Burnup and Fuel Management....Pages 509-529
Back Matter....Pages 531-551

✦ Subjects

Nuclear Energy;Nuclear Engineering;Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons