Description
Book SynopsisBuilding upon the success of the first edition, the Nuclear Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of nuclear power engineering. Consisting of chapters written by leading experts, this volume spans a wide range of topics in the areas of nuclear power reactor design and operation, nuclear fuel cycles, and radiation detection. Plant safety issues are addressed, and the economics of nuclear power generation in the 21st century are presented. The Second Edition also includes full coverage of Generation IV reactor designs, and new information on MRS technologies, small modular reactors, and fast reactors.
Trade Review"Kenneth Kok’s Nuclear Engineering handbook provides a comprehensive summary of the technologies, challenges and economics of the nuclear industry"
—William J. Madia, Stanford University, California, USA
Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Editor. Contributors. Section I Introduction: Nuclear Power Reactors. Section II Introduction: Nuclear Fuel Cycle. Section III Introduction: Related Engineering and Analytical Processes. Index.
