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    This document contains a table of contents for a textbook on nuclear engineering. The table of contents lists 21 chapters organized into 5 parts covering topics such as nuclear physics, reactor design, safety, the nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear fusion. It provides an overview of the key subjects and concepts discussed in each chapter, including nuclear reactions, radiation effects, reactor kinetics, fuel depletion, safety systems, waste management, and controlled fusion.

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    CONTENTS

    Foreword to the First Edition xiii


    Preface to the Second Edition ANS 2008 eprint xv
    Preface to the Original Second Edition xvii
    Preface to the First Edition xxi

    | Overview

    1 Introduction 3
    Nuclear Fuel Cycles
    Nuclear Power Reactors 10
    Exercises 20
    Selected Bibliography 22

    11 Basic Theory

    2 Nuclear Physics 27
    The Nucleus 28
    Radioactive Decay 31
    Nuclear Reactions 36
    Nuclear Fission 41
    Reaction Rates 46
    Exercise 63
    Selected Bibliography 64

    3 Nuclear Radiation Environment 67


    Interaction Mechanisms 69
    Radiation Effects 72
    Dose Estimates 79

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    viii Contents

    Radiation Standards 87
    Exercises 94
    Selected Bibliography 96

    4 Reactor Physics 99
    Infinite Systems 100
    Finite Systems 108
    Computational Methods 113
    Exercises 131
    Selected Bibliography 133

    5 Reactor Kinetics and Control 135


    Neutron Multiplication 136
    Feedbacks 145
    Control Applications 151
    Exercises 157
    Selected Bibliography 159

    6 Fuel Depletion and Related Effects 161


    Fuel Burnup 162
    Transmutation 163
    Fission Products 170
    Operational Impacts 176
    Exercises 181
    Selected Bibliography 182

    7 Reactor Energy Removal 185


    Power Distributions 187
    Fuel-Pin Heat Transport 191
    Nuclear Limits 197
    Exercises 205
    Selected Bibliography 206

    JJJ Nuclear Reactor Systems

    8 Power Reactors: Economics and Design Principles 211


    Economics of Nuclear Power 212
    Reactor Design Principles 226
    Reactor Fundamentals 231
    Exercises 237
    Selected Bibliography 240

    9 Reactor Fuel Design and Utilization 241


    Fuel-Assembly Design 242
    Utilization 254
    Exercises 259
    Selected Bibliography 260
    Contents ix

    10 Light-Water Reactors 261


    Boiling-Water Reactors 262
    Pressurized-Water Reactors 268
    Exercises 282
    Selected Bibliography 284

    11 Heavy-Water-Moderated and Graphite-Moderated


    Reactors 287
    Heavy-Water-Moderated Reactors 288
    Graphite-Moderated Reactors 296
    Exercises 308
    Selected Bibliography 310

    12 Enhanced-Converter and Breeder Reactors 313


    Spectral-Shift Converter Reactors 315
    Thermal-Breeder Reactors 317
    Fast Reactors 321
    Exercises 332
    Selected Bibliography 333

    IV Reactor Safety
    13 Reactor Safety Fundamentals 337
    Safety Approach 338
    Energy Sources 340
    Accident Consequences 343
    Exercises 355
    Selected Bibliography 356

    14 Reactor Safety Systems and Accident Risk 359


    Engineered Safety Systems 360
    Quantitative Risk Assessment 384
    Advanced Reactors 404
    Exercises 410
    Selected Bibliography 413

    15 Reactor Operating Events, Accidents, and Their Lessons 417


    Significant Events 419
    TMI-2 Accident 423
    Chernobyl Accident 450
    Common Accident Lessons 467
    Exercises 468
    Selected Bibliography 472

    16 Regulation and Administrative Guidelines 475


    Legislation and Its Implementation 476
    Reactor Siting 480
    Reactor Licensing 487
    x Contents

    Administrative Guidelines 495


    Exercises 500
    Selected Bibliography 503

    \J The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

    17 Fuel Cycle, Uranium Processing, and Enrichment 507


    Nuclear Fuel Cycle 508
    Uranium 513
    Exercises 532
    Selected Bibliography 533

    18 Fuel Fabrication and Handling 535


    Fabrication 536
    Fuel Recycle 541
    Spent Fuel 546
    Exercises 553
    Selected Bibliography 557

    19 Reprocessing and Waste Management 559


    Reprocessing 560
    Fuel-Cycle Wastes 566
    Waste Management 573
    Exercises 593
    Selected Bibliography 596

    20 Nuclear Material Safeguards 599


    Special Nuclear Materials 601
    Domestic Safeguards 604
    International Safeguards 618
    Fuel-Cycle Alternatives 625
    Exercises 628
    Selected Bibliography 630

    11 Nuclear Fusion

    21 Controlled Fusion 635


    Fusion Overview 636
    Magnetic Confinement 643
    Inertial Confinement 650
    Commercial Aspects 655
    Non-Thermonuclear Fusion 659
    Exercises 661
    Selected Bibliography 662
    Contents xi

    Appendixes

    I Nomenclature 667

    II Units and Conversion Factors 671

    III The Impending Energy Crisis: A Perspective on the Need


    for Nuclear Power 677
    Energy Crisis 678
    Options 683
    Proposed Solutions 694
    Exercises 698
    Selected Bibliography 702

    IV Reference Reactor Characteristics 707

    Answers to Selected Exercises 719


    General Bibliography 721
    Index 747

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