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Nuclear Power Reactor Designs,

Edition 1 From History to Advances

Editors: Edited by Jun Wang, Sola Talabi and Sama Bilbao y Leon

Publication Date: 01 Dec 2023

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Nuclear Power Reactor Designs: From History to Advances analyzes nuclear designs throughout history and explains how each of those has helped to shape and inform the nuclear reactor designs of today and the future. Focused on the structure, systems and relevant components of each reactor design, this book provides the readers with answers to key questions to help them understand the benefits of each design. Each reactor design is introduced, their origin defined, and the relevant research presented before an analysis of its successes, what was learned, and how research and technology advanced as a result are presented.

Students, researchers and early career engineers will gain a solid understanding of how nuclear designs have evolved, and how they will continue to develop in the future.

Key Features

Presents reactor designs through history to present day, focusing on key structures, systems and components
Provides readers with quick answers about various design principles and rationales
Includes new approaches such as the micro-reactor and small-modular reactors

About the author

Edited by Jun Wang, Research Associate, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; Sola Talabi, Principal, Pittsburgh Technical, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and Sama Bilbao y Leon, Deputy Institute Director, Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

I
1. Introduction (historical thread)
2. Early Stage Reactors
3. Graphite Reactors

II
4. Pressurized Water Reactors (Gen II)
5. Boiling Water Reactors (Gen II)
6. Pressurized Water Reactors (Gen III)
7. Boiling Water Reactors (Gen III)
8. Heavy Water Reactors

III
9. Molten Salt Reactors
10. Sodium Fast Reactors
11. Lead Fast Reactors
12. High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
13. Gas-Cooled Reactors
14. Super Water Reactors

IV
15. Small Modular Reactors
16. Micro Reactors

V
17. Accelerator Drive System Reactors
18. Fusion Reactors

ISBN: 9780323998802

Page Count: 464

Illustrations : Approx. 150 illustrations

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9781138492448; 9781560320791

Graduate and undergraduate students and early career engineers in nuclear power reactors, nuclear researchers and scientists, nuclear designers, nuclear regulators, Engineers and researchers seeking to learn about nuclear power reactors from other disciplines and backgrounds