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Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control

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Editors:
  1. Yoshiaki Oka

    1. Nishi-Waseda Campus, Waseda University Nishi-Waseda Campus, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Katsuo Suzuki

    1. Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Tokyo, Japan

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  • The first comprehensive textbook in the world that covers not only the fundamental theory of nuclear reactor kinetics and plant control but also the state-of-the-art practice of operation and control at actual nuclear power plants
  • Covers the major types of nuclear power plants, such as pressurized water reactors, boiling water reactors, fast breeder reactors and high-temperature gas-cooled reactors
  • Shows design and operation data for existing plants wherever possible

Part of the book series: An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering (ACNE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Nuclear Reactor Kinetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Delayed Neutron and Nuclear Reactor Kinetics

      • Yoshiaki Oka
      Pages 3-8

    3. Point Reactor Kinetics

      • Yoshiaki Oka
      Pages 9-22

    4. Temperature Effect of Reactivity

      • Yoshiaki Oka
      Pages 23-33

    5. Kinetics Parameters and Reactivity Measurement Experiments

      • Yoshiaki Oka
      Pages 35-45

  3. Actual Nuclear Reactor Plant Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Control System Basics and PID Control

      • Katsuo Suzuki
      Pages 49-91

    3. Reactor Stability Study

      • Katsuo Suzuki, Hiroshi Ono, Shuhei Miyake
      Pages 93-128

    4. Actual Operation Control of Boiling Water Reactor

      • Koichi Kondo, Yasuo Ota, Hiroshi Ono, Masahiko Kuroki, Yuji Koshi, Masayoshi Tahira
      Pages 129-166

    5. Actual Operation and Control of Pressurized Water Reactor

      • Shuhei Miyake, Toshihide Inoue, Satoshi Hanada
      Pages 167-208

    6. Actual Operation and Control of Fast Reactor

      • Hidetaka Takahashi, Kiyoshi Tamayama
      Pages 209-236

    7. Actual Operation and Control of High-Temperature Engineering Test Reactor

      • Shigeaki Nakagawa
      Pages 237-253

    8. New Control Theory and Its Application

      • Katsuo Suzuki, Kunihiko Nabeshima
      Pages 255-284

  4. Erratum: Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control

    • Yoshiaki Oka, Katsuo Suzuki
    Pages E1-E1

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 285-305
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About this book

Understanding time-dependent behaviors of nuclear reactors and the methods of their control is essential to the operation and safety of nuclear power plants. This book provides graduate students, researchers, and engineers in nuclear engineering comprehensive information on both the fundamental theory of nuclear reactor kinetics and control and the state-of-the-art practice in actual plants, as well as the idea of how to bridge the two. The first part focuses on understanding fundamental nuclear kinetics. It introduces delayed neutrons, fission chain reactions, point kinetics theory, reactivity feedbacks, and related measurement techniques. The second part helps readers to grasp the theories and practice of nuclear power plant control. It introduces control theory, nuclear reactor stability, and the operation and control of existing nuclear power plants such as a typical pressurized water reactor, a typical boiling water reactor, the prototype fast breeder reactor Monju, and the high-temperature gas-cooled test reactor (HTTR). Wherever possible, the design and operation data for these plants are provided.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Nishi-Waseda Campus, Waseda University Nishi-Waseda Campus, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshiaki Oka

  • Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Tokyo, Japan

    Katsuo Suzuki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control

  • Editors: Yoshiaki Oka, Katsuo Suzuki

  • Series Title: An Advanced Course in Nuclear Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54195-0

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Authors 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54194-3Published: 14 March 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54693-1Published: 07 March 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54195-0Published: 01 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2195-3708

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-3716

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 305

  • Number of Illustrations: 109 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nuclear Energy, Energy Systems

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