Category Archives: Nuclear Engineering

The Nuclear Imperative: A Critical Look at the Approaching Energy Crisis (More Physics for Presidents) (Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality)

In this global wake-up call, nuclear physicist Jeff Eerkens explores remedies for the impending energy crisis, when oil and natural gas are depleted. The Nuclear Imperative demonstrates that solar, wind, and biomass power are incapable of supplying the enormous quantities … Continue reading

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Plasma Physics: An Introduction to Laboratory, Space, and Fusion Plasmas

This book is written by an experimentalist and covers all aspects of plasma physics at an introductory level. The fundamental concepts of plasma description are developed in a bottom-up approach of increasing mathematical complexity. The intuitive understanding of the concepts … Continue reading

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Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics

The book is based on a course in nuclear and particle physics that the author has taught over many years to physics students, students in nuclear engineering and students in biomedical engineering. It provides the basic understanding that any student … Continue reading

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Nuclear Computational Science: A Century in Review

Nuclear engineering has undergone extensive progress over the years. In the past century, colossal developments have been made and with specific reference to the mathematical theory and computational science underlying this discipline, advances in areas such as high-order discretization methods, … Continue reading

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Nuclear Power and Energy Security (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)

World energy consumption has grown dramatically over the past few decades. This growth in energy demand will be driven by large increases in both economic growth and world population coupled with rising living standards in rapidly growing countries. The last … Continue reading

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Multiphase Flow Dynamics 4: Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics

Volume 4 of the successful book package “Multiphase Flow” is devoted to nuclear thermal hydraulics which is a substantial part of nuclear reactor safety. It provides knowledge and mathematical tools for adequate description of the process of transferring the fission … Continue reading

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Particle Detection with Drift Chambers (Particle Acceleration and Detection)

This second edition is a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded version of a classic text, with lots of new material on electronic signal creation, amplification and shaping. It’s still a thorough general introduction, too, to the theory and operation of … Continue reading

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Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste: Current Concepts and Plans for Radioactive Waste Disposal

The book describes and assesses current concepts for long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste. Different types of rock are discussed and assessed with respect to practical difficulties in construction of a repository, and the efficiency in isolating radioactive waste. Safety … Continue reading

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Nuclear Principles in Engineering

Nuclear engineering plays an important role in various industrial, health care, and energy processes. Modern physics has generated its fundamental principles. A growing number of students and practicing engineers need updated material to access the technical language and content of … Continue reading

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Magnetic Control of Tokamak Plasmas (Advances in Industrial Control)

The problem of confining a plasma, with sufficiently high density and temperature, is of crucial importance if nuclear fusion is to be made usable as a form of power generation. Tokamaks – devices with a toroidal geometry – are among … Continue reading

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