Introduction to Nuclear Engineering

"Since publication of the third edition, considerable changes have occurred and are still occurring in the industry. The changes include a nuclear renaissance worldwide followed by the unfortunate events in Japan at Fukushima Daiichi and the development and construction of advanced plant designs here and abroad. To keep up to date with these and other changes, Chapter 4 was revised to include a discussion of these new reactor types as well as candidates for the next generation of reactors. Since nuclear engineering is now of worldwide interest, extensive updates to the discussion about the application of nuclear technology outside the US are included as well as additional problems using the SI system of units. Licensing in the US has also advanced since the third edition. The new process now used in the US is included in Chapter 11. Changes in health physics that were in the offing when the third edition was published are included in Chapter 9. Numerous tables were updated to include more recent data and information relevant to nuclear engineering. A discussion of the Fukushima Daiichi accident is also included in Chapter 11." --