Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors: Supercritical-Pressure Light Water Cooled Reactors

by Yoshiaki Oka, Seiichi Koshizuka, Yuki Ishiwatari

Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors provides an overview of the design and analysis of nuclear power reactors. Readers will gain the understanding of the conceptual design elements and specific analysis methods of supercritical-pressure light water cooled reactors. Nuclear fuel, reactor core, plant control, plant stand-up and stability are among the topics discussed, in addition to safety system and safety analysis parameters.Providing the fundamentals of reactor design criteria and analysis, this volume is a useful reference to engineers, industry professionals, and graduate students involved with nuclear engineering and energy technology.

672 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2010