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Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors

A Guidebook

  • 2nd Edition - December 7, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Igor Pioro
  • Language: English

Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors, Second Edition is a fully revised and updated comprehensive resource on the latest research and advances in generation IV nuclear reacto… Read more

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Description

Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors, Second Edition is a fully revised and updated comprehensive resource on the latest research and advances in generation IV nuclear reactor concepts. Editor Igor Pioro and his team of expert contributors have updated every chapter to reflect advances in the field since the first edition published in 2016. The book teaches the reader about available technologies, future prospects and the feasibility of each concept presented, equipping them users with a strong skillset which they can apply to their own work and research.

Key features

  • Provides a fully updated, revised and comprehensive handbook dedicated entirely to generation IV nuclear reactors
  • Includes new trends and developments since the first publication, as well as brand new case studies and appendices
  • Covers the latest research, developments and design information surrounding generation IV nuclear reactors

Readership

Engineers and specialists in nuclear, power and other related industries as well as researchers and scientists working on nuclear power and generation IV nuclear reactors.

Table of contents

1. Introduction

1.1. Current Status of Electricity Generation in the World

1.2. Current Status and Future Trends in the World Nuclear-Power Industry　

Part I: Generation IV nuclear-reactor concepts

2. Generation IV International Forum

3. Very high-temperature reactor

4. Gas-cooled fast reactors (GFRs)

5. Sodium-cooled fast reactor

6. Lead-cooled fast reactor

7. Molten salt fast reactors

8. Super-critical water-cooled reactors

Part II: Current status of Generation IV activities in selected countries

9. Generation IV: USA

10. Generation IV: European Union

10.1 Generation IV Concepts: Euratom

10.2 ESFR SMART a European Sodium Fast Reactor concept including the European feedback experience and the new safety commitments following Fukushima accident.

11. Generation IV concepts: Japan

12. Generation IV concepts: USSR and Russia

13. Generation IV concepts in Korea

14. Generation IV concepts: China

15. Generation IV concepts: India

Part III: Related topics to Generation IV nuclear reactor concepts

16. The Safety and Risk Assessment of Advanced Reactors

17. Nonproliferation for advanced reactors: political and social aspects

18. Thermal aspects of conventional and alternative fuels

19 Generation IV Reactors for Nuclear Hydrogen Production

20. Advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Small- and Medium-size Reactors (S&MRs)

20.1 Advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

20.2 Current status of SMRs and S&MRs development in the world

21. Alternative power cycles for Generation-IV reactors

21.1 Alternative power cycles for Generation-IV helium-cooled reactors

21.2 Closed Brayton-Cycle Configurations for Gas-cooled Fast Reactors and Very High-Temperature Reactors

22. Regulatory and Licensing Challenges with Generation-IV Nuclear Energy Systems

Part IV: Nuclear-Power Technologies Beyond Generation-IV concepts

23. ITER. The Way to Fusion Energy

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 24, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Igor Pioro

Professor Igor Pioro – Ph.D. (1983); Doctor of Technical Sciences (1992); Professional Engineer (Ontario, Canada) (2008); Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2021); Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2012), Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers (CSME) (2015), and Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) (2013); life-time member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) (2004), and member of Canadian NS (CNS) (2010); is an internationally recognized scientist within the areas of nuclear engineering (thermalhydraulics of nuclear reactors, Generation-IV nuclear-reactor concepts, etc.) and thermal sciences / engineering (boiling, forced convection including supercritical pressures, etc.) He is author/co-author of more than 534 publications 12 technical books, 48 chapters in encyclopedias, handbooks and books, 101 papers in refereed journals, 300 papers in refereed proceedings of international and national conferences and symposiums, 26 patents and inventions, and 47 major technical reports. Dr. Pioro graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute" with M.A.Sc. in Thermal Physics in 1979. After that, he worked on various positions including an engineer, senior scientist, deputy director, professor, director of a graduate program in nuclear engineering, and associate dean. Currently, he is associated with the Department of Energy and Nuclear Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (brand name: Ontario Tech University) (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada). Dr. Pioro is a Founding Editor – Editor-in-Chief of the ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science (J. NERS). He was a Chair of the Executive Committee of the Nuclear Engineering Division (NED) of the ASME (2011-2012) and a Chair of the International Conference On Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-20) (2011-2012). Professor Pioro has received many international and national awards and certificates of appreciation including Certificate of Appreciation for establishing the ASME J. NERS and in recognition of outstanding and distinguished service as an Editor of the Journal 2014 – 2020 (ASME); Harold A. Smith Outstanding Contribution Award from CNS (2017), Medal 60th Anniversary of NED (Nuclear Engineering Division of ASME) (2016); Service Recognition Award from the ASME (2014); Honorary Doctor’s Degree from National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnic Institute” (2013); The CNS Education and Communication Award (2011); UOIT Research Excellence Award (2011); ICONE Award from ASME (2009); Medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the best scientific work of a young scientist (1990); Badge "Inventor of the USSR" for implementation of inventions into industry (1990); etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada

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