ABSTRACT

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.

section I|314 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|8 pages

Historical Development of Nuclear Power

ByKenneth D. Kok

chapter 2|74 pages

Pressurized Water Reactors

ByRichard Schreiber

chapter 3|56 pages

Boiling Water Reactors

ByKevin Theriault

chapter 4|58 pages

Heavy Water Reactors

ByAlistair I. Miller, John Luxat, Edward G. Price, Paul J. Fehrenbach

chapter 5|30 pages

High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Thermal Reactors

ByChris Ellis, Arkal Shenoy

chapter 6|28 pages

Integrated Fast Reactor: PRISM

ByMaria Pfeffer, Scott Pfeffer, Eric Loewen, Brett Dooies, Brian Triplett

chapter 7|32 pages

MSR Technology Basics

ByDavid LeBlanc

chapter 8|10 pages

Small Modular Reactors

ByRichard R. Schultz, Kenneth D. Kok

chapter 9|16 pages

Generation IV Technologies

ByEdwin A. Harvego, Richard R. Schultz

section II|320 pages

Introduction

chapter 10|18 pages

Nuclear Fuel Resources

ByStephen W. Kidd

chapter 11|16 pages

Uranium Enrichment

ByNathan (Nate) Hurt, Kenneth D. Kok

chapter 12|14 pages

Nuclear Fuel Fabrication

ByMcLean T. Machut

chapter 13|22 pages

Spent Fuel Storage

ByKristopher W. Cummings

chapter 14|84 pages

Nuclear Fuel Recycling

ByPatricia Paviet, Michael F. Simpson

chapter 15|50 pages

Nuclear Fuel Cycle

ByKenneth D. Kok, Paul J. Fehrenbach, Alistair I. Miller

chapter 16|36 pages

Waste Disposal

Transuranic Waste, High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel, and Low-Level Radioactive Waste
ByKenneth D. Kok, Joseph Heckman, Murthy Devarakonda

chapter 17|32 pages

Radioactive Materials Transportation

ByKurt Colborn

chapter 18|46 pages

Decontamination and Decommissioning

ByCidney B. Voth

section III|306 pages

Introduction

chapter 19|18 pages

Risk Assessment and Safety Analysis for Commercial Nuclear Reactors

ByYehia F. Khalil

chapter 21|34 pages

Neutronics

ByRonald E. Pevey

chapter 22|94 pages

Heat Transfer, Thermal Hydraulic, and Safety Analysis

ByShripad T. Revankar

chapter 23|48 pages

Thermodynamics and Power Cycles

ByPeter D. Friedman

chapter 24|36 pages

Economics of Nuclear Power

ByJay F. Kunze, Edward S. Lum

chapter 25|32 pages

Radiation Protection

ByMark R. Ledoux

chapter 26|10 pages

Health Effects of Low Level Radiation

ByJay F. Kunze