Nuclear Reactor Physics

Weston M. Stacey0471391271, 9780471391272

Nuclear reactor physics is the core discipline of nuclear engineering. Nuclear reactors now account for a significant portion of the electrical power generated worldwide, and new power reactors with improved fuel cycles are being developed. At the same time, the past few decades have seen an ever-increasing number of industrial, medical, military, and research applications for nuclear reactors. The second edition of this successful comprehensive textbook and reference on basic and advanced nuclear reactor physics has been completely updated, revised and enlarged to include the latest developments.

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Table of contents :
NUCLEAR REACTOR PHYSICS……Page 3
CONTENTS……Page 7
PREFACE……Page 25
PART 1 Basic Reactor Physics……Page 29
1 Neutron Nuclear Reactions……Page 31
2 Neutron Chain Fission Reactors……Page 63
3 Neutron Diffusion Theory……Page 73
4 Neutron Energy Distribution……Page 123
5 Nuclear Reactor Dynamics……Page 167
6 Fuel Burnup……Page 223
7 Nuclear Power Reactors……Page 271
8 Reactor Safety……Page 299
PART 2 Advanced Reactor Physics……Page 321
9 Neutron Transport Theory……Page 323
10 Neutron Slowing Down……Page 407
1 1 Resonance Absorption……Page 439
12 Neutron Therrnalization……Page 479
13 Perturbation and Variational Methods……Page 509
14 Homogenization……Page 541
15 Nodal and Synthesis Methods……Page 569
16 Space-Time Neutron Kinetics……Page 627
APPENDIX A Physical Constants and Nuclear Data……Page 699
APPENDIX B Some Useful Mathematical Formulas……Page 705
APPENDIX C Step Functions, Delta Functions,and Other Functions……Page 707
APPENDIX D Some Properties of Special Functions……Page 711
APPENDIX E Introduction to Matrices and Matrix Algebra……Page 717
APPENDIX F Introduction to Laplace Transforms……Page 721
INDEX……Page 727