This book is intended to provide an introduction to the basic
principles of nuclear fission reactors for advanced undergraduate
or graduate students of physics and engineering. The presentation
is also suitable for physicists or engineers who are entering the
nuclear power field without previous experience with nuclear
reactors. No background knowledge is required beyond that typically
acquired in the first two years of an undergraduate program in
physics or engineering. Throughout, the emphasis is on explaining
why particular reactor systems have evolved in the way they have,
without going into great detail about reactor physics or methods of
design analysis, which are already covered in a number of excellent
specialist texts. The first two chapters serve as an introduction
to the basic physics of the atom and the nucleus and to nuclear
fission and the nuclear chain reaction. Chapter 3 deals with the
fundamentals of nuclear reactor theory, covering neutron slowing
down and the spatial dependence of the neutron flux in the reactor,
based on the solution of the diffusion equations. The chapter
includes a major section on reactor kinetics and control,
including'tempera ture and void coefficients and xenon poisoning
effects in power reactors. Chapter 4 describes various aspects
offuel management and fuel cycles, while Chapter 5 considers
materials problems for fuel and other constituents of the reactor.
The processes of heat generation and removal are covered in Chapter
6.
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