Nuclear Reactor Engineering

Dr. Samuel Glasstone, the senior author of the previous editions of this book, was anxious to live until his ninetieth birthday, but passed away in 1986, a few months short of this milestone. I am grateful for the many years of stimulation received during our association, and in preparing this edition have attempted to maintain his approach. Previous editions of this book were intended to serve as a text for students and a reference for practicing engineers. Emphasis was given to the broad perspective, particularly for topics important to reactor design and oper ation, with basic coverage provided in such supporting areas as neutronics, thermal-hydraulics, and materials. This, the Fourth Edition, was prepared with these same general objectives in mind. However, during the past three decades, the nuclear industry and university educational programs have matured considerably, presenting some challenges in meeting the objec tives of this book. Nuclear power reactors have become much more complex, with an ac companying growth in supporting technology. University programs now offer separate courses covering such basic topics as reactor physics, thermal hydraulics, and materials. Finally, the general availability of inexpensive xv xvi Preface powerful micro-and minicomputers has transformed design and analysis procedures so that sophisticated methods are now commonly used instead of earlier, more approximate approaches.

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This classic reference combines broad, yet in-depth coverage of nuclear engineering principles with practical descriptions of their application in the design and operation of nuclear power plants. Published in a two-volume format to accommodate readers' specific interests, the first volume concentrates on the fundamentals of nuclear engineering, while the second explores applications and more advanced topics. In the second volume, Alexander Sesonske draws on his extensive experience in nuclear engineering to investigate state-of-the-art approaches to reactor systems, including computer analysis, assisting the reader in exploiting the potential of information technology in nuclear engineering. We explore energy transport and fuel management and their roles in cost-effective plant design and operation. Sesonske discusses the environmental, health, and safety concerns that are crucial to the continued success and expansion of nuclear power, illustrating risk analysis methods that facilitate reliable assessment and control of hazards. The book also details current and potential innovations in plant design, examining challenges likely to be faced by the nuclear power industry in meeting future energy demands. investigating topics such as reactor systems, cost-effective fuel management, environmental issues, and the design of future plants.

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8 The Systems Concept, Design Decisions, and Information Tools.- Systems.- The Computer as a Decision Tool.- Information as a Decision Tool.- 9 Energy Transport.- Heat Sources in Reactor Systems.- Heat-Transmission Principles.- Heat Transfer to Ordinary Fluids.- Heat Transfer to Liquid Metals.- Boiling Heat Transfer.- Core Fluid Flow.- Subchannel Analysis and System Codes.- Core Design Constraints.- 10 Reactor Fuel Management and Energy Cost Considerations.- Pre-Reactor Fuel Operations.- In-Core Management.- Pressurized Water Reactor Core Management.- Boiling Water Reactor Core Management.- Nuclear Fuel Utilization.- Nuclear Energy Costs.- Nuclear Material Safeguards.- Nuclear Criticality Safety.- 11 Environmental Effects of Nuclear Power and Waste Management.- Radiation Exposure Pathways.- The Spent-Fuel Management Challenge.- On-Site Spent-Fuel Storage.- Characteristics of Spent Fuel.- Storage and Disposal Options.- Migration of Waste Radionuclides.- The Reprocessing Option.- Reactor Radwaste Management.- Waste Heat Management.- 12 Nuclear Reactor Safety and Regulation.- Accident Prevention.- Engineered Safety Features.- Abnormal Event Analysis.- Severe Accidents.- The Source Term.- Safety Modeling Methods.- Siting Requirements.- Accident Experience and Analysis.- Severe Accident Management.- Reliability and Risk Assessment.- Licensing and Regulation of Nuclear Plants.- Nuclear Reactor Safeguards.- 13 Power Reactor Systems.- Present Pressurized-Water Reactors.- Evolutionary Pressurized-Water Reactors.- Present Boiling-Water Reactors.- Evolutionary Boiling-Water Reactors.- Heavy-Water-Moderated Reactors.- 14 Plant Operations.- Plant Operational Strategy.- Plant Control.- Expert Systems and Neural Networks in Plant Operations.- Plant Maintenance.- Regulatory Aspects ofOperations.- Reactor Decommissioning.- 15 Advanced Plants and the Future.- The AP600.- Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor.- Modular HTGR.- Advanced Liquid-Metal-Cooled Reactor.- Commercialization Issues.- The Future.