Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems and Applications of Nuclear Processes (Pergamon unified engineering series) - Softcover

Murray, Raymond L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0080421253 ISBN 13: 9780080421254

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

This expanded, revised, and updated fourth edition of "Nuclear Energy", maintains the tradition of providing clear and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the subject, with emphasis on the explanation of trends and developments. As in earlier editions. the book is divided into three parts that achieve a natural flow of ideas: Basic Concepts: including the fundamentals of energy, particle interactions, fission, and fusion, Nuclear Systems: including, accelerators, isotope separators, detectors, and nuclear reactors and Nuclear Energy and Man: covering, the many applications of radionuclides, radiation and reactors, along with a discussion of wastes and weapons. A minimum of mathematical background is required, but there is ample opportunity to learn characteristic numbers through the illustrative calculations and the exercises. An updated solution manual is available to the instructor. A new feature to aid the student is a set of some 50 computer exercises, using a diskette of personal computer programs in BASIC and spreadsheet, supplied by the author at a nominal cost. The book is of principal value as an introduction to nuclear science and technology for early college students, but can be of benefit to science teachers and lecturers, nuclear utility trainees and engineers in other fields. This text is suitable for students and educators in nuclear, mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering and practising engineers in the nuclear energy field.

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Review

"This book presents basic concepts in nuclear energy in crisp and elegant fashion. Prof. Murray has done an excellent job with this fifth edition."
-Shripad T. Revankar, Purdue University

This book is for beginners, and it is especially useful for the engineer or scientist who has no previous knowledge of nuclear energy but who wishes to get up to speed and become familiar with the general problems.

This is a fine book and will, I believe, help to show students that nuclear engineering, and its associated fields, are worthwhile areas in which to plan a career.
-M.M.R Williams, Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of London

especially impressed with the inclusion of computer problems

About the Author

Keith Holbert is presently an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy

Engineering of Arizona State University (ASU) where he has been a faculty member since 1989. He

earned his B.S., M.S, and Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from University of Tennessee. His research

expertise is in the area of instrumentation and system diagnostics including radiation effects on sensors.

Keith has performed tests on safety-related systems in more than a dozen nuclear power plants in the U.S.

He has published more than 100 journal and conference papers, a textbook, and holds one patent. Dr.

Holbert is a registered professional (nuclear) engineer (P.E.). Keith is a member of the American Nuclear

Society (ANS) and the American Society for Engineering Education, and a Senior Member of the IEEE

(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Keith is the Chair of the Arizona Section of the ANS

and the Director of the Nuclear Power Generation Program at ASU. Dr. Holbert presently holds a Guest

Scientist affiliation with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Professor Holbert teaches undergraduate and

graduate engineering courses on electric power generation (from all forms of energy), nuclear reactor

theory and design, nuclear power plant controls and diagnostics, reactor safety analysis, and health

physics and radiation measurements. Besides teaching awards at ASU, Dr. Holbert was recently

recognized with the IEEE Transactions on Education Best Paper award for 2010.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080421253
• ISBN 13: 9780080421254
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 400