Building upon the success of the first edition, the Nuclear Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of nuclear power engineering. Consisting of chapters written by leading experts, this volume spans a wide range of topics in the areas of nuclear power reactor design and operation, nuclear fuel cycles, and radiation detection. Plant safety issues are addressed, and the economics of nuclear power generation in the 21st century are presented. The Second Edition also includes full coverage of Generation IV reactor designs, and new information on MRS technologies, small modular reactors, and fast reactors.
Section I Introduction: Nuclear Power Reactors
- Historical Development of Nuclear Power
- Pressurized Water Reactors
- Boiling Water Reactors
- Heavy Water Reactors
- High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Thermal Reactors
- Integrated Fast Reactor: PRISM
- MSR Technology Basics
- Small Modular Reactors
- Generation IV Technologies
- Nuclear Fuel Resources
- Uranium Enrichment
- Nuclear Fuel Fabrication
- Spent Fuel Storage
- Nuclear Fuel Recycling
- HWR Fuel Cycles
- Waste Disposal: Transuranic Waste, High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel, and Low-Level Radioactive Waste
- Radioactive Materials Transportation
- Decontamination and Decommissioning
- Risk Assessment and Safety Analysis for Commercial Nuclear Reactors
- Nuclear Safety of Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated Nuclear Facilities
- Neutronics
- Heat Transfer, Thermal Hydraulic, and Safety Analysis
- Thermodynamics and Power Cycles
- Economics of Nuclear Power
- Radiation Protection
- Health Effects of Low Level Radiation
Kenneth D. Kok
Richard Schreiber
Kevin Theriault
Alistar I. Miller, John Luxat, Edward G. Price, Romney B. Duffey, and Paul J. Fehrenbach
Chris Ellis and Arkal Shenoy
Maria Pfeffer, Scott Pfeffer, Eric Loewen, Brett Dooies, and Brian Triplett
David LeBlanc
Richard R. Schultz and Kenneth D. Kok
Edwin A. Harvego and Richard R. Schultz
Section II Introduction: Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Stephen W. Kidd
Nathan (Nate) Hurt and Kenneth D. Kok
Mclean T. Machut
Kristopher W. Cummings
Patricia Paviet and Michael F. Simpson
Paul J. Fehrenbach and Alistar I. Miller
Kenneth D. Kok, Joseph Heckman, and Murthy Devarakonda
Kurt Colborn
Cidney B. Voth
Section III Introduction: Related Engineering and Analytical Processes
Yehia F. Khalil
Arlen R. Schade
Ronald E. Pevey
Shripad T. Revankar
Peter D. Friedman
Jay F. Kunze and Edward S. Lum
Mark R. Ledoux
Jay F. Kunze
Biography
Kenneth D. Kok, P.E., has over 40 years of varied experience in the nuclear industry. He is currently a consultant in the nuclear engineering field, based in Richland, Washington. Dr. Kok has served as the chair of the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division, directed the ASME course related to D&D, and supported the ICEM and ICONE meetings as a track leader and session chair. He has also served as the co-chair of ICEM.
"Kenneth Kok’s Nuclear Engineering handbook provides a comprehensive summary of the technologies, challenges and economics of the nuclear industry"
—William J. Madia, Stanford University, California, USA