Description
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.
- 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
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
