Nuclear Reactor Design

This book focuses on core design and methods for design and analysis. It is based on advances made in nuclear power utilization and computational methods over the past 40 years, covering core design of boiling water reactors and pressurized water reactors, as well as fast reactors and high-temperature gas-cooled reactors. The objectives of this book are to help graduate and advanced undergraduate students to understand core design and analysis, and to serve as a background reference for engineers actively working in light water reactors. Methodologies for core design and analysis, together with physical descriptions, are emphasized. The book also covers coupled thermal hydraulic core calculations, plant dynamics, and safety analysis, allowing readers to understand core design in relation to plant control and safety.

List of contents

Fuel Burnup and Reactivity Control.- Nuclear Reactor Calculations.- Core Design of Light Water Reactors.- Core Design of Advanced Reactors.

Summary

This book focuses on core design and methods for design and analysis. It is based on advances made in nuclear power utilization and computational methods over the past 40 years, covering core design of boiling water reactors and pressurized water reactors, as well as fast reactors and high-temperature gas-cooled reactors. The objectives of this book are to help graduate and advanced undergraduate students to understand core design and analysis, and to serve as a background reference for engineers actively working in light water reactors. Methodologies for core design and analysis, together with physical descriptions, are emphasized. The book also covers coupled thermal hydraulic core calculations, plant dynamics, and safety analysis, allowing readers to understand core design in relation to plant control and safety.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yoshiak Oka (Editor), Yoshiaki Oka (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2014
• EAN: 9784431548973
• ISBN: 978-4-431-54897-3
• No. of pages: 327
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 243 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 656 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 327 p. 190 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Series: An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering; An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; B, energy systems, engineering, Energy Grids and Networks, Engineering Design, Energy technology & engineering, Nuclear Chemistry, Technical design, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry & radiation, Nuclear power & engineering