Nuclear Data Sensitivity Coefficients for A (/sup 233/U--/sup 232/Th) Fueled LMFBR.
Nuclear Data Sensitivity Coefficients for A (/sup 233/U--/sup 232/Th) Fueled LMFBR.

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Sensitivity coefficients for the nuclear data of the principal constituents of a representative /sup 233/U-/sup 232/Th fueled LMFBR have been generated. Generalized perturbation coefficients for several reactor parameters were computed with the VARI code and ENDF/B Version 4 data for a homogeneous one-dimensional spherical model. The following ten reactor parameters were studied: eigenvalue; breeding ratio; inner core conversion ratio; outer core conversion ratio; central reaction rate ratios of f/sup 02/, c/sup 23/, and c/sup 02/ relative to f/sup 23/; and the central material reactivity worths of /sup 233/U, /sup 232/Th, and /sup 23/Na. Total (energy-integrated) and energy-dependent sensitivity coefficients were obtained for each of these parameters to each of the following nuclear data: sigma/sub f/ for /sup 233/U, /sup 234/U, /sup 232/Th, and /sup 233/Pa; sigma/sub c/ for /sup 233/U, /sup 234/U, /sup 232/Th, /sup 233/Pa, /sup 23/Na, SS316, and fission products; anti .nu. for /sup 233/U and /sup 232/Th; and sigma/sub inel/ for /sup 232/Th. These data are combined with estimated data uncertainties and with observed large differences in recent data evaluations to project the impact on integral parameters calculated for a /sup 233/U-/sup 232/Th fueled LMFBR.

Atlas of Neutron Resonances
Atlas of Neutron Resonances

Author: Said F. Mughabghab

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2006-04-04

Total Pages: 1373

ISBN-13: 0080461069

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The Atlas of Neutron Resonances provides detailed information on neutron resonances, thermal neutron cross sections, and average resonance properties which are important to neutron physicist, astrophysicists, solid state physicists, reactor engineers, scientists involved in activation analysis, and evaluators of neutron cross sections. · Compilation and evaluation of the world's thermal neutron cross-sections and resonance parameters for neutron physicists, reactor engineers, and neutron evaluators.· Compilation and evaluation of coherent scattering lengths for solid state physicists and evaluators· Compilation and evaluation of average 30-keV capture cross sections for astrophysicists.· Nuclear level density parameters derived from average spacings of neutron resonances following a new approach (new feature for this edition).· Brief review of sub-threshold fission.· Comparisons of optical model predictions with neutron strength function data and scattering lengths.· Estimation of average E1 radiative widths on the basis of the generalized Landau-Fermi liquid model (a new feature for this edition).

Thermo-Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactors
Thermo-Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactors

Author: Christopher Earls Brennen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-04-13

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1107139600

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This book provides a summary of thermo-hydraulic analyses and design principles of nuclear reactors for electricity generation. It includes summaries of the causes for the three major nuclear power generation accidents, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, and the major improvements to reactor safety that grew out of those accidents.

Contesting The Future Of Nuclear Power: A Critical Global Assessment Of Atomic Energy
Contesting The Future Of Nuclear Power: A Critical Global Assessment Of Atomic Energy

Author: Benjamin K Sovacool

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Published: 2011-05-05

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9813107979

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This book provides a concise but rigorous appraisal about the future of nuclear power and the presumed nuclear renaissance. It does so by assessing the technical, economic, environmental, political, and social risks related to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mills and mines to nuclear reactors and spent fuel storage facilities. In each case, the book argues that the costs of nuclear power significantly outweigh its benefits. It concludes by calling for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency as a better path towards an affordable, secure, and socially acceptable future.The prospect of a global nuclear renaissance could change the way that energy is produced and used the world over. Sovacool takes a hard look at who would benefit — mostly energy companies and manufacturers — and who would suffer — mostly taxpayers, those living near nuclear facilities, and electricity customers. This book is a must-read for anyone even remotely concerned about a sustainable energy future, and also for those with a specific interest in modern nuclear power plants.

Nuclear Pion Photoproduction
Nuclear Pion Photoproduction

Author: Anton Nagl

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-04-11

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 3540460667

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Photoproduction of pions from complex nuclei has become an investigative tool for (1) the detailed form of the elementary photopion amplitude, (2) the pion-nucleus optical potential, (3) nuclear structure, and (4) off-shell and medium effects on the elementary amplitude in nuclear processes. In this book, all these aspects are considered in detail. With improved experimental accuracy and beam tech- nology the study of nuclear pion photoproduction will break new ground and become an even more powerful investigative tool. This monograph is intended as an introductory guide as well as a reference manual for grad- uate students and researchers working in this important area of physics.

Nuclear Systems
Nuclear Systems

Author: Neil E. Todreas

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 1037

ISBN-13: 0415802873

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Nuclear power is in the midst of a generational change—with new reactor designs, plant subsystems, fuel concepts, and other information that must be explained and explored—and after the 2011 Japan disaster, nuclear reactor technologies are, of course, front and center in the public eye. Written by leading experts from MIT, Nuclear Systems Volume I: Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals, Second Edition provides an in-depth introduction to nuclear power, with a focus on thermal hydraulic design and analysis of the nuclear core. A close examination of new developments in nuclear systems, this book will help readers—particularly students—to develop the knowledge and design skills required to improve the next generation of nuclear reactors. Includes a CD-ROM with Extensive Tables for Computation Intended for experts and senior undergraduate/early-stage graduate students, the material addresses: Different types of reactors Core and plant performance measures Fission energy generation and deposition Conservation equations Thermodynamics Fluid flow Heat transfer Imparting a wealth of knowledge, including their longtime experience with the safety aspects of nuclear installations, authors Todreas and Kazimi stress the integration of fluid flow and heat transfer, various reactor types, and energy source distribution. They cover recent nuclear reactor concepts and systems, including Generation III+ and IV reactors, as well as new power cycles. The book features new chapter problems and examples using concept parameters, and a solutions manual is available with qualifying course adoption.

Nuclear Systems Volume I
Nuclear Systems Volume I

Author: Neil E. Todreas

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-01-11

Total Pages: 927

ISBN-13: 1351030493

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Offers rigorous coverage of nuclear power generation fundamentals. Provides description and analysis of the latest nuclear power plant designs and technologies. Includes extensive examples in each chapter to illustrate the analysis methods, which are also presented. Includes program code to demonstrate computer analysis of nuclear power generation. Provides an integration of fluid flow and heat transfer, as applied to single- and two-phase coolants.

Alternative Energy Sources
Alternative Energy Sources

Author: Efstathios E. Stathis Michaelides

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-16

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 3642209505

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Alternative Energy Sources is designed to give the reader, a clear view of the role each form of alternative energy may play in supplying the energy needs of the human society in the near future (20-50 years). The two first chapters on "energy demand and supply" and "environmental effects," set the tone as to why alternative energy is essential for the future. The third chapter gives the laws of energy conversion processes, as well as the limitations of converting one energy form to another. The section on exergy gives a quantitative background on the capability/potential of each energy source to produce power. The fourth, fifth and sixth chapters are expositions of fission and fusion nuclear energy, the power plants that may produce power from these sources and the issues that will frame the public debate on nuclear energy. The following five chapters include descriptions of the most common renewable energy sources (wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectric) some of the less common sources (e.g. tidal and wave energy). The emphasis of these chapters will be on the global potential of each source, the engineering/technical systems that are used in harnessing the potential of each source, the technological developments that will contribute to wider utilization of the sources and environmental effects associated with their wider use. The last three chapters are: "energy storage," which will become an important issue if renewable energy sources are used widely. The fourteen chapters in the book have been chosen so that one may fit a semester University course around this book. At the end of every chapter, there are 10-20 problems and 1-3 suggestions of semester projects that may be assigned to students for further research.