Offers a one-semester treatment of the essentials of how the fission nuclear reactor works, the various approaches to the design of reactors, and their safe and efficient operation. This book includes a discussion of neutron reactions, including neutron kinetics and the neutron energy spectrum, as well as neutron spatial distribution.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 280
Edition: 1
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 14 Mar 2008
ISBN 10: 0123706319
ISBN 13: 9780123706317