1st ed. 2017 Edition
by Serge Marguet (Author)
This comprehensive volume offers
readers a progressive and highly detailed introduction to the complex
behavior of neutrons in general, and in the context of nuclear power
generation. A compendium and handbook for nuclear engineers, a source of
teaching material for academic lecturers as well as a graduate text for
advanced students and other non-experts wishing to enter this field, it
is based on the author’s teaching and research experience and his
recognized expertise in nuclear safety.
After recapping a number
of points in nuclear physics, placing the theoretical notions in their
historical context, the book successively reveals the latest
quantitative theories concerning:
• The slowing-down of neutrons in matter
• The charged particles and electromagnetic rays
• The calculation scheme, especially the simplification hypothesis
• The concept of criticality based on chain reactions
• The theory of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors
• The problem of self-shielding
• The theory of the nuclear reflector, a subject largely ignored in literature
• The computational methods in transport and diffusion theories
Complemented
by more than 400 bibliographical references, some of which are
commented and annotated, and augmented by an appendix on the history of
reactor physics at EDF (Electricité De France), this book is the most
comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to and reference resource in
neutronics and reactor theory.
