NUCLEAR ENGINEERING TEXTBOOK: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS: Reactor Physics, Nuclear Systems, Radiation, Thermal Hydraulics, Safety, and Power Generation - Couverture souple

Kelridge, Evan

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798173942043

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

A working nuclear reactor is never just a physics demonstration. At its core it is a neutron population governed by precise physical law — but it is simultaneously a pressure system, a heat-exchanger network, a structure that must survive decades of radiation exposure, and a facility that operates only under continuous regulatory oversight. A first course in nuclear or modern physics explains why a nucleus splits and what governs the odds that it will. It rarely explains how billions of those splittings per second become a plant that is actually built, licensed, and trusted to run safely for decades.

That gap is where many students and early-career engineers get stuck, typically filling it by assembling several separate specialized references — one for reactor theory, another for thermal-hydraulics, another for materials, another for radiation protection — each with its own notation and assumptions. This book is organized specifically to close that gap in one place. Each major physical principle developed early in the book is carried forward, later in the same book, into its corresponding engineering application, under one master notation table held fixed from cover to cover, with every worked example fully solved and every practice problem backed by a complete answer key.

Working through this book, you will:

• Follow neutron interactions and cross sections through to reaction-rate engineering, shielding calculations, and fuel-cycle planning
• Work the complete criticality-to-core-design pipeline, from chain-reaction and moderation physics through diffusion-theory core design and spatial power shaping
• Calculate reactor kinetics quantities such as reactivity in dollars and cents and stable reactor period, and carry them into practical instrumentation and control-system design
• Apply thermal-hydraulic heat-transfer and critical-heat-flux margin calculations, and materials-degradation concepts, to genuine plant-engineering limits
• Perform fuel-cycle calculations covering enrichment, burnup, and criticality safety, and connect them to radiation protection and shielding design
• Build a working, applied understanding of defense-in-depth, engineered safety systems, and the regulatory-compliance reasoning used in reactor safety engineering
• Extend that foundation into plant economics, decommissioning, and emerging reactor concepts, including small modular and next-generation reactor designs

This book covers reactor physics fundamentals, neutron moderation and diffusion theory, reactor kinetics and control, the major reactor types and plant design philosophies, thermal-hydraulic engineering, materials engineering for radiation environments, nuclear fuel-cycle engineering, radiation protection and shielding design, reactor safety engineering and regulatory compliance, and applied plant economics and emerging reactor technology — one consistently notated reference held together by a fixed master notation table, chapter learning objectives, chapter summaries, and a master glossary.
It is written for advanced undergraduates who have completed calculus-based physics and an introductory course in modern or nuclear physics and are beginning a dedicated nuclear engineering sequence, and for practicing engineers who want one coherent, consistently notated reference spanning reactor physics fundamentals through applied plant engineering, rather than a shelf of narrower specialized texts.

Begin building a clearer, engineering-focused understanding of how nuclear physics becomes a designed, licensed, and operated power plant. Get your copy and start working through the principles and applications that define the discipline — and keep it as the reference you return to throughout your study or practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798173942043
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg