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Nuclear Energy

An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes

Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, Eighth Edition, provides essential information on basic nuclear physics, systems a… Read more

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Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, Eighth Edition, provides essential information on basic nuclear physics, systems and the applications of nuclear energy. It comprehensively covers Basic Concepts, Radiation and Its Uses, and Nuclear Power, providing students with a broad view of nuclear energy and science in a fast-paced format that features updated, timely content on topics of new and growing importance to current and future nuclear professionals, such as tritium-powered betavoltaic integrated circuit chips, the modulation of radioactive decay constant due to solar activity, Monte Carlo radiation transport calculations and accelerator-driven systems.

This book is an essential resource for any first course on nuclear energy and systems.

Key features

  • Contains coverage of timely topics, such as the connection between hydraulic fracturing (fracking), radioactivity and nuclear forensics
  • Covers the TerraPower traveling wave reactor, the first ever FDA approved drug for the treatment of acute radiation injury, and more
  • Describes the industry response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including FLEX in the U.S.
  • Includes more worked examples and end of chapter exercises

Readership

Mechanical, nuclear, chemical and materials engineering undergraduates. Working engineers in mechanical, nuclear and materials fields; professionals in power-generation, medical diagnostics, and radiology industries

Table of contents

1. Energy2. Atoms and Nuclei3. Radioactivity4. Nuclear Processes5. Radiation and Materials6. Fission7. Fusion8. The History of Nuclear Energy9. Particle Accelerators10. Biological Effects of Radiation11. Radiation Protection12. Radiation Detectors13. Information From Isotopes14. Useful Radiation Effects15. Isotope Separators16. Neutron Chain Reactions17. Nuclear Heat Energy18. Nuclear Power Plants19. Reactor Theory Introduction20. Time Dependent Reactor Behavior21. Reactor Safety and Security22. Nuclear Propulsion and Remote Power23. Radioactive Waste Disposal24. Nuclear Energy Future25. Breeder Reactors26. Fusion Reactors27. Nuclear Weapons

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About the authors

RM

Raymond L. Murray

Nuclear Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, USA (deceased)
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly Nuclear Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, USA

KH

Keith E. Holbert

Keith Holbert is the founding director of the nuclear power generation program and an associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He joined the ASU faculty in 1989 after earning his doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee. His research expertise is in instrumentation and system diagnostics including radiation effects on sensors. Holbert has performed tests on safety-related systems in more than a dozen nuclear power plants in the United States. He has published more than 200 journal and conference papers, two textbooks and holds one patent. Holbert is a registered professional (nuclear) engineer. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society and a Senior Member of the IEEE. Holbert teaches undergraduate and graduate engineering courses on electric power generation (from all forms of energy), nuclear reactor theory and design, nuclear power plant controls and diagnostics, reactor safety analysis, and health physics and radiation measurements. He has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University; Senior Member, IEEE; registered Professional (nuclear) Engineer, USA

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