Anthony M Judd

An Introduction to the Engineering of Fast Nuclear Reactors

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Designed for graduate-level engineering students and nuclear engineers who want to expand their knowledge of fast nuclear reactors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 299
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781107034648
• ISBN-10: 1107034647
• Artikelnr.: 40337989

Autorenporträt

Tony Judd has more than forty years' experience in nuclear engineering, including as Chief Technologist for Fast Reactors, responsible for the entire UK national fast reactor R&D programme. His unique experience includes managing the operation of a fast reactor power station, time at the Argonne National Laboratory (United States), and time at the University of Cambridge Engineering Department. In addition to his research publications and presentations, Judd is the author of Fast Breeder Reactors: An Engineering Introduction.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: what fast reactors can do
How fast reactors have been developed
General references
1. Physics
2. Fuel
3. Reactor core
4. Coolant circuits and steam plant
5. Safety.