Nuclear Reactor Physics

2007/02/02 by Weston M. Stacey · 1 voice · 6 citations
Engineering · #Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

paper · doi:10.1002/9783527611041

openalex publication_date 2007/02/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Nuclear reactor physics is the core discipline of nuclear engineering. Nuclear reactors now account for a significant portion of the electrical power generated worldwide, and new power reactors with improved fuel cycles are being developed. At the same time, the past few decades have seen an ever-increasing number of industrial, medical, military, and research applications for nuclear reactors. The second edition of this successful comprehensive textbook and reference on basic and advanced nuclear reactor physics has been completely updated, revised and enlarged to include the latest developme

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Discussions

• Neutron point kinetics, ignoring delayed neutrons, with some known constant source $S_{n}$ , can be written as: $$\frac{\mathrm{d}n(t)}{\mathrm{d}t} = \frac{k-1}{\Lambda}n(t) + S_n.$$ Steady-state neu [stackexchange, 0 points]