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Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control, PDF eBook

Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control PDF

Edited by Yoshiaki Oka, Katsuo Suzuki

Part of the An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering series

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Understanding time-dependent behaviors of nuclear reactors and the methods of their control is essential to the operation and safety of nuclear power plants.

This book provides graduate students, researchers, and engineers in nuclear engineering comprehensive information on both the fundamental theory of nuclear reactor kinetics and control and the state-of-the-art practice in actual plants, as well as the idea of how to bridge the two.

The first part focuses on understanding fundamental nuclear kinetics.

It introduces delayed neutrons, fission chain reactions, point kinetics theory, reactivity feedbacks, and related measurement techniques.

The second part helps readers to grasp the theories and practice of nuclear power plant control.

It introduces control theory, nuclear reactor stability, and the operation and control of existing nuclear power plants such as a typical pressurized water reactor, a typical boiling water reactor, the prototype fast breeder reactor Monju, and the high-temperature gas-cooled test reactor (HTTR).

Wherever possible, the design and operation data for these plants are provided.

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