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Nuclear Power Reactor Designs

From History to Advances

  • 1st Edition - December 1, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sama Bilbao y Leon, Jun Wang, Sola Talabi
  • Editors: Jun Wang, Sola Talabi, Sama Bilbao y Leon
  • Language: English

Nuclear Power Reactor Designs: From History to Advances analyzes nuclear designs throughout history and explains how each of those has helped to shape and inform the nuclear r… Read more

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Description

Nuclear Power Reactor Designs: From History to Advances analyzes nuclear designs throughout history and explains how each of those has helped to shape and inform the nuclear reactor designs of today and the future. Focused on the structure, systems and relevant components of each reactor design, this book provides the readers with answers to key questions to help them understand the benefits of each design. Each reactor design is introduced, their origin defined, and the relevant research presented before an analysis of its successes, what was learned, and how research and technology advanced as a result are presented.

Students, researchers and early career engineers will gain a solid understanding of how nuclear designs have evolved, and how they will continue to develop in the future.

Key features

  • Presents reactor designs through history to present day, focusing on key structures, systems and components
  • Provides readers with quick answers about various design principles and rationales
  • Includes new approaches such as the micro-reactor and small-modular reactors

Readership

Graduate and undergraduate students and early career engineers in nuclear power reactors, nuclear researchers and scientists, nuclear designers, nuclear regulators, Engineers and researchers seeking to learn about nuclear power reactors from other disciplines and backgrounds

Table of contents

I

1. Introduction (historical thread)

2. Early Stage Reactors

3. Graphite Reactors

II

4. Pressurized Water Reactors (Gen II)

5. Boiling Water Reactors (Gen II)

6. Pressurized Water Reactors (Gen III)

7. Boiling Water Reactors (Gen III)

8. Heavy Water Reactors

III

9. Molten Salt Reactors

10. Sodium Fast Reactors

11. Lead Fast Reactors

12. High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

13. Gas-Cooled Reactors

14. Super Water Reactors

IV

15. Small Modular Reactors

16. Micro Reactors

V

17. Accelerator Drive System Reactors

18. Fusion Reactors

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 1, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

JW

Jun Wang

Dr. Jun Wang is a Research Scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has over 10 years of experience in code development, validation, and application, and his research areas include nuclear thermal hydraulics and safety, severe accident, fuel performance, and advanced reactors. Wang has over 50 peer-review articles published on top nuclear journals and conferences. He also has over 200 peer-review experience in 20 journals and conferences, such as the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Applied Thermal Engineering, Annals of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Engineering and Design, and Progress in Nuclear Energy.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

ST

Sola Talabi

Dr. Sola Talabi is a Principal with Pittsburgh Technical, a nuclear consulting firm specializing in advanced reactor design and deployment. He is also an adjunct professor of nuclear engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Michigan. Dr. Talabi’s experience includes design, computational numerical analysis, manufacturing, installation, and nuclear power plant components testing. His has also served as Risk Manager at Westinghouse Electric Company, where he was responsible for risk awareness, assessment, and response for advanced reactors, including AP1000 and SMR.

Affiliations and expertise
Principal, Pittsburgh Technical, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

SL

Sama Bilbao y Leon

Dr. Sama Bilbao y León became the Director General of World Nuclear Association in October 2020. Previously, she was Head of the Division of Nuclear Technology Development and Economics at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. Since January 2020, she was also Head of the Technical Secretariat for the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). Dr. Bilbao y León received a master's degree and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin.

Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Institute Director, Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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