Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, Eighth Edition, provides essential information on basic nuclear physics, systems and the applications of nuclear energy. It comprehensively covers Basic Concepts, Radiation and Its Uses, and Nuclear Power, providing students with a broad view of nuclear energy and science in a fast-paced format that features updated, timely content on topics of new and growing importance to current and future nuclear professionals, such as tritium-powered betavoltaic integrated circuit chips, the modulation of radioactive decay constant due to solar activity, Monte Carlo radiation transport calculations and accelerator-driven systems.

This book is an essential resource for any first course on nuclear energy and systems.

• Contains coverage of timely topics, such as the connection between hydraulic fracturing (fracking), radioactivity and nuclear forensics
• Covers the TerraPower traveling wave reactor, the first ever FDA approved drug for the treatment of acute radiation injury, and more
• Describes the industry response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including FLEX in the U.S.
• Includes more worked examples and end of chapter exercises

Mechanical, nuclear, chemical and materials engineering undergraduates. Working engineers in mechanical, nuclear and materials fields; professionals in power-generation, medical diagnostics, and radiology industries

1. Energy
2. Atoms and Nuclei
3. Radioactivity
4. Nuclear Processes
5. Radiation and Materials
6. Fission
7. Fusion
8. The History of Nuclear Energy
9. Particle Accelerators
10. Biological Effects of Radiation
11. Radiation Protection
12. Radiation Detectors
13. Information From Isotopes
14. Useful Radiation Effects
15. Isotope Separators
16. Neutron Chain Reactions
17. Nuclear Heat Energy
18. Nuclear Power Plants
19. Reactor Theory Introduction
20. Time Dependent Reactor Behavior
21. Reactor Safety and Security
22. Nuclear Propulsion and Remote Power
23. Radioactive Waste Disposal
24. Nuclear Energy Future
25. Breeder Reactors
26. Fusion Reactors
27. Nuclear Weapons