Nuclear Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition

Building upon the success of the first edition, the Nuclear Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of nuclear power engineering. Consisting of chapters written by leading experts, this volume spans a wide range of topics in the areas of nuclear power reactor design and operation, nuclear fuel cycles, and radiation detection. Plant safety issues are addressed, and the economics of nuclear power generation in the 21st century are presented. The Second Edition also includes full coverage of Generation IV reactor designs, and new information on MRS technologies, small modular reactors, and fast reactors.

• Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of nuclear power engineering
• Written by a panel of top experts in Nuclear Engineering, with a global perspective
• Describes newer technologies, such as fast reactors, small modular reactors, and MSR technologies
• Analyzes the nuclear fuel cycle, and covers transport, waste disposal, and plant decontamination
• Provides detailed information on safety, risk assessment, radiation detection, and nuclear power economics

Preface

Section I : Introduction : Nuclear Power Reactors
Chapter 1 : Historical Development of Nuclear Power
Chapter 2 : Pressurized Water Reactors
Chapter 3 : Boiling Water Reactors
Chapter 4 : Heavy Water Reactors
Chapter 5 : High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Thermal Reactors
Chapter 6 : Integrated Fast Reactor : PRISM
Chapter 7 : MSR Technology Basics
Chapter 8 : Small Modular Reactors
Chapter 9 : Generation IV Technologies

Section II : Introduction : Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Chapter 10 : Nuclear Fuel Resources
Chapter 11 : Uranium Enrichment
Chapter 12 : Nuclear Fuel Fabrication
Chapter 13 : Spent Fuel Storage
Chapter 14 : Nuclear Fuel Recycling
Chapter 15 : HWR Fuel Cycles
Chapter 16 : Waste Disposal : Transuranic Waste, High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel, and Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Chapter 17 : Radioactive Materials Transportation
Chapter 18 : Decontamination and Decommissioning

Section III : Introduction : Related Engineering and Analytical Processes
Chapter 19 : Risk Assessment and Safety Analysis for Commercial Nuclear Reactors
Chapter 20 : Nuclear Safety of Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated Nuclear Facilities
Chapter 21 : Neutronics
Chapter 22 : Heat Transfer, Thermal Hydraulic, and Safety Analysis
Chapter 23 : Thermodynamics and Power Cycles
Chapter 24 : Economics of Nuclear Power
Chapter 25 : Radiation Protection
Chapter 26 : Health Effects of Low Level Radiation

Index