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.- 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
Table of Contents
I 1. Introduction (historical thread) 2. Early Stage Reactors 3. Graphite ReactorsII 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 ReactorsIII 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 ReactorsIV 15. Small Modular Reactors 16. Micro ReactorsV 17. Accelerator Drive System Reactors 18. Fusion Reactors
