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Introduction to Nuclear Engineering

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering Natural Sciences

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering

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Offering the most current and complete introduction to nuclear engineering available, this book contains new information on French, Russian, and Japanese nuclear reactors. All units have been revised to reflect current standards. Includes discussions of new reactor types including the AP600, ABWR, and SBWR as well as an extensive section on non-US design reactors; the nuclear Navy and its impact on the development of nuclear energy; binding energy and such topics as the semi-empirical mass formula and elementary quantum mechanics; and solutions to the diffusion equation and a more general derivation of the point kinetics equation. Topics in reactor safety include a complete discussion of the Chernobyl accident and an updated section on TMI and the use of computer codes in safety ysis. For nuclear engineers.
Product details
Number of Pages:
600
Release Date:
1975-01-01
Publication Date:
1975-01-01
Publisher:
Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
020104160X
Weight:
998 g
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