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Fast Spectrum Reactors

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Alan E. Waltar

    1. Peshastin, USA

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  2. Donald R. Todd

    1. NuScale Power, Inc., Corvallis, USA

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  3. Pavel V. Tsvetkov

    1. Dept. Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA

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  • Provides an authoritative overview of fast spectrum reactors and their potential to contribute to the wide application of nuclear power systems, crucial to energy and proliferation concerns
  • Presents the current trends in the sustainable development of nuclear energy, nuclear design, data and cross section processing
  • Offers thorough appendices on fast reactor data, 4-group and 8-group cross sections, and internet resources

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sustainable Development of Nuclear Energy and the Role of Fast Spectrum Reactors

      • Pavel Tsvetkov, Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 3-22

    3. Introductory Design Considerations

      • Pavel Tsvetkov, Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 23-38

    4. Economic Analysis of Fast Spectrum Reactors

      • Chaim Braun
      Pages 39-46

  3. Neutronics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. Nuclear Design

      • Pavel Tsvetkov, Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 49-76

    3. Nuclear Data and Cross Section Processing

      • Pavel Tsvetkov, Alan Waltar
      Pages 77-109

    4. Kinetics, Reactivity Effects, and Control Requirements

      • Pavel Tsvetkov, Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 111-133

    5. Fuel Management

      • Pavel Tsvetkov, Alan Waltar, Massimo Salvatores
      Pages 135-185

  4. Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Fuel Pin and Assembly Design

      • Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 189-234

    3. Fuel Pin Thermal Performance

      • Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 235-262

    4. Core Thermal Hydraulics Design

      • Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 263-298

    5. Core Materials

      • Baldev Raj
      Pages 299-363

    6. Reactor Plant Systems

      • Pavel Tsvetkov, Alan Waltar, Donald Todd
      Pages 365-407

  5. Safety

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 409-409
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    2. General Safety Considerations

      • John Sackett
      Pages 411-426

    3. Protected Transients

      • John Sackett
      Pages 427-449

    4. Unprotected Transients

      • John Sackett
      Pages 451-463
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About this book

This book is a complete update of the classic 1981 FAST BREEDER REACTORS  textbook authored by Alan E. Waltar and Albert B. Reynolds, which , along with the Russian translation, served as a major reference book for fast reactors systems. Major updates include transmutation physics  (a key technology to  substantially  ameliorate  issues associated with the storage of high-level nuclear waste ), advances in fuels and materials technology (including metal fuels and cladding materials capable of high-temperature and high burnup),  and new approaches to reactor safety (including passive safety technology),  New chapters on gas-cooled and lead-cooled fast spectrum reactors are also included.

Key international experts contributing to the text include Chaim Braun, (Stanford University) Ronald Omberg, (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,  Massimo Salvatores (CEA, France), Baldev Raj, (Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, India) , John Sackett (Argonne National Laboratory), Kevan Weaver, (TerraPower Corporation) ,James Seinicki(Argonne National Laboratory). Russell Stachowski (General Electric),  Toshikazu Takeda (University of Fukui, Japan), and Yoshitaka Chikazawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Peshastin, USA

    Alan E. Waltar

  • NuScale Power, Inc., Corvallis, USA

    Donald R. Todd

  • Dept. Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA

    Pavel V. Tsvetkov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fast Spectrum Reactors

  • Editors: Alan E. Waltar, Donald R. Todd, Pavel V. Tsvetkov

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9572-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-9571-1Published: 27 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7928-5Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9572-8Published: 28 September 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 720

  • Topics: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Energy Systems

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