Nuclear Engineering
A Conceptual Introduction to Nuclear Power
- 2nd Edition - February 20, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Malcolm Joyce
- Language: English
Nuclear Engineering: A Conceptual Introduction to Nuclear Power, Second Edition provides coverage of the introductory, salient principles of nuclear engineering in a compre… Read more
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Description
Description
This updated edition reflects the most recent developments, with new or expanded coverage of such topics as small modular and advanced modular reactors, nuclear fuel cycle and waste disposal developments, and the role of nuclear energy in climate change abatement. Intended for undergraduate students or early postgraduate students studying nuclear engineering, this new text will also be appealing to scientifically literate non-experts wishing to be better informed about the ‘nuclear option'.
Key features
Key features
- Presents a succinct and clear explanation of the key facts and concepts on how nuclear engineering power systems function and how their related fuel supply cycles operate
- Provides full coverage of the nuclear fuel cycle, including its scientific and historical basis
- Describes a comprehensive range of relevant reactor designs, from those that are defunct, current, and in plan/construction for the future, including SMRs and GenIV
- Summarizes all major accidents and their impact on the industry and society
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Historical Context
3. Fundamentals of Radioactivity
4. The Fission Process
5. The Actinides and Related Isotopes
6. Moderation
7. Cooling and Thermal Concepts
8. Elementary Reactor Principles
9. The Reactor Equation and Introductory Transport Concepts
10. Mainstream Power Reactor Systems
11. Advanced Reactors and Future Concepts
12. Nuclear Fuel Manufacture
13. Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
14. Nuclear Safety and Regulation
15. Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal
16. Public Acceptability, Cost and Nuclear Energy in the Future
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: March 26, 2026
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Malcolm Joyce
Malcolm Joyce holds a Personal Chair in Nuclear Engineering at Lancaster University and was Head of Department from 2008-2015. His industrial experience includes Smith System Engineering Ltd., BNFL plc. and most recently as Technical Director of Hybrid Instruments Ltd.
His area of research interest is in Nuclear Engineering including nuclear safeguards instrumentation, portable neutron spectrometry,decommissioning-related analytical methods, nuclear policy and environmental consequences, medical radiotherapy & radiation effects. He is author on > 130 refereed journal articles and has specialised over the last 10 years in the field of digital mixed-field radiation assay with fast, organic liquid scintillation detectors. Prior to this he spent four years in research in industry and has a h-index of 26. An impact case study based on Professor Joyce's research submitted to the 2014 Research Excellent Framework was assessed as being of 4* quality.
Professor Joyce was the Scientific Chair of the Nuclear Institute's International Conference on Control & Instrumentation for Nuclear Installations (September 2011). He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Nuclear Institute. He is Editor on the Elsevier journal Progress in Nuclear Energy. He led the team in 2010 that researched and wrote the Nuclear Lessons Learned report, on behalf of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Engineering the Future. In October 2012, the degree of Doctor of Engineering (DEng) was conferred upon him in recognition of his contribution to the field of Fast Neutron Digitization and Related Analytical Methods. He is a member of the UK Government's Nuclear Industry Research Advisory Board (NIRAB), and elected member of the IEEE Radiation Instrumentation Steering Committee (RISC) and deputy chair of the steering committee of the National Nuclear Users' Facility (NNUF). In 2014 he and his team were awarded the James Watt medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for best paper in the journal Proc. ICE (Energy) for research on the depth profiling of radioactive contamination in concrete.