Nuclear Reactor Engineering

Chapter 8: The systems concept, Design decisions, and information tools: Introduction; Systems; The computer as a decision tool; Information as a decision tool; Chapter 9: Energy transport: Introduction; 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; Chapter 10: Reactor fuel management and energy cost considerations: Introduction; 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; Chapter 11: Environmental effects of nuclear power and waste management; Introduction; 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; Chapter 12: Nuclear reactor safety and regulation: Introduction; Accident prevention; Engineered safety features; Abnormal event analysis; Licensing design basis evaluation; 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; Chapter 13: Power reactor systems: Introduction; Present pressurized-water reactors; Evolutionary pressurized-water reactors; Present boiling-water reactors; Evolutionary boiling-water reactors; heavy-water-moderated reactors; Chapter 14: Plant operations: Introduction; Plant operational strategy; plant control; Expert systems and neural networks in plant operations; Plant maintenance; Regulatory aspects of operations; Reactor decommissioning; Chapter 15: Advanced plants and the future: Introduction; The AP600; Simplified boiling-water reactor; Modular HTGR; Advanced liquid-metal-cooled reactor; Other passive systems; Commercialization issues; The future; Appendix; Index.