Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Plant Control

1. Front Matter

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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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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.

• Control Theory
• Nuclear Reactor Kinetics
• Nuclear Reactor Stability
• Plant Control
• Plant Operation

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

  Yoshiaki Oka

• Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, Tokyo, Japan

  Katsuo Suzuki

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