Nuclear Reactor Analysis

James Johnson Duderstadt was the President of the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1996. He currently holds the title of President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Louis J. Hamilton is the author of Nuclear Reactor Analysis, published by Wiley.

• Part 1:  Introductory Concepts Of Nuclear Reactor Analysis Chapter 1:  An Introduction to Nuclear Power Generation 3 Chapter 2:  The Nuclear Physics of Fission Chain Reactions 10 Chapter 3:  Fission Chain Reactions and Nuclear Reactor--An Introduction 74 Part 2:  The One-Speed Diffusion Model Of A Nuclear Reactor Chapter 4:  Neutron Transport 103 Chapter 5:  The One-Speed Diffusion-Theory Model 149 Chapter 6:  Nuclear Reactor Kinetics 233 Part 3:  The Multigroup Diffusion Method Chapter 7:  Multigroup Diffusion Theory 285 Chapter 8:  Fast-Spectrum Calculations and Fast-Group Constants 315 Chapter 9:  Thermal Spectrum Calculations and Thermal Group Constants 375 Chapter 10:  Cell Calculations for Heterogeneous Core Lattices 398 Part 4:  An Introduction To Nuclear Reactor-Core Design Chapter 11:  General Aspects of Nuclear Reactor Core Design 447 Chapter 12:  Thermo-Hydraulic Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Cores 467 Chapter 13:  The Calculation of Core Power Distributions 515 Chapter 14:  Reactivity Control 537 Chapter 15:  Analysis of Core-Composition Changes 566 AppendicesA. Some useful Nuclear Data 605B. Some useful Mathematical Formulas 611C. Step Functions, Delta Functions, and Other Exotic Beasts 613D. Some Properties of Special Functions 616E. Some Assorted Facts on Linear Operators 621F. An Introduction to Matrices and Matrix Algebra 626G. An Introduction to Laplace Transforms 629H. Typical Nuclear Power Reactor Data 634I. Units Utilized in Text 636Index 639