Nuclear engineering handbook. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kenneth D. Kok.
• Other Names: Kok, Kenneth D
• Contents: Section I. Nuclear power reactors ; historical development of nuclear power / Kenneth D. Koch ; pressurized water reactors (PWRs) / Richard Schreiber ; boiler water reactors (BWRs) / Kevin Theriault ; heavy water reactors / Alistair L. Miller, John Luxat, Edward G. Price, Romney B. Duffey, and Paul J. Feherenbach ; high-temperature gas cooled reactors / Arkal Shenoy and Chris Ellis ; generation IV technologies / Edwin A. Harvego and Richard R. Schultz -- Section II. Nuclear fuel cycle ; nuclear fuel resources / Stephen W. Kidd ; uranium enrichment / Nathan H. Hurt and William J. Wilcox, Jr. ; nuclear fuel fabrication / Kenneth D. Kok ; spent fuel storage / Kristopher W. Cummings ; nuclear fuel processing / Patricia Paviet-Hartmann, Bob Benedict, and Michael J. Lineberry ; waste disposal: transuranic waste, hgh-level waste and spent nuclear fuel, and low-level radioactive waste / Murthy Devarakonda and Robert D. Baird ; radioactive materials trasnsportation / Kurt Colborn ; decontamination and decommisssioning: "the act of D & D" -- the art of balance / Cidney Voth ; HWR fuel cycles / Paul J. Fehernbach and Alistair L. Miiler -- Section III. related engineering and analytical processes ; risk assessment and safety analysis for commercial nuclear reactors / Yehia F. Khalil ; nuclear safety of government owned contractor operatied nuclear (GOCO) facilities / Arlen R. Schade ; neutronics / Ronald E. Pevey ; radiation protection / Matthew Arno ; heat transfer and thermal hydraulic analysis / Shripad T. Revenkar ; thermodynamics/power cycles / Yasuo Koizumi ; economics of nuclear power / Jay F. Kunze.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 768 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 621.48; Nuclear engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Nuclear; Nuclear engineering; Kerntechnik; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420053913; 1420053914
• Related ISBNs: 9781420053906; 1420053906
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.