Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors: Supercritical-Pressure Light Water Cooled Reactors
β Scribed by Yoshiaki Oka, Seiichi Koshizuka, Yuki Ishiwatari, Akifumi Yamaji (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 661
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors provides an overview of the design and analysis of nuclear power reactors. Readers will gain an understanding of the conceptual design elements and specific analysis methods for supercritical-pressure light water cooled reactors. Nuclear fuel, reactor core, plant control, plant stand-up and stability are among the topics discussed, in addition to safety system and safety analysis parameters. Providing the fundamentals of reactor design criteria and analysis, this volume is a useful reference for engineers, industry professionals, and graduate students involved with nuclear engineering and energy technology.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction and Overview....Pages 1-78
Core Design....Pages 79-220
Plant System Design....Pages 221-239
Plant Dynamics and Control....Pages 241-267
Plant Startup and Stability....Pages 269-347
Safety....Pages 349-439
Fast Reactor Design....Pages 441-569
Research and Development....Pages 571-597
Back Matter....Pages 599-651
β¦ Subjects
Nuclear Engineering;Nuclear Chemistry;Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons;Energy Technology;Nuclear Energy
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