| Preface to Second Edition | p. xi |
| Preface to First Edition | p. xiii |
| The Earth and Nuclear Power: Sources and Resources | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Forms of Energy | p. 2 |
| Units of Energy | p. 5 |
| Energy Conversion Process | p. 6 |
| Earth's Internal Heat Generation | p. 9 |
| The Earth's Energy Flow | p. 15 |
| The Fission Process | p. 17 |
| Thermal Energy Resources | p. 22 |
| References | p. 24 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 25 |
| Bibliography | p. 26 |
| How Reactors Work | p. 28 |
| Introduction | p. 28 |
| The Fission Process | p. 28 |
| Basic Components of a Nuclear Reactor | p. 34 |
| Thermal Reactors | p. 37 |
| Natural Uranium Graphite-Moderated (Magnox) Reactors | p. 37 |
| Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors | p. 40 |
| Pressurized-Water Reactors | p. 43 |
| Boiling-Water Reactors | p. 46 |
| Natural Uranium Heavy Water-Moderated and-Cooled Reactors | p. 48 |
| Boiling-Water, Graphite-Moderated Direct-Cycle Reactor (RBMK) | p. 50 |
| Fast Reactors | p. 55 |
| Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors | p. 55 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 60 |
| Bibliography | p. 61 |
| Cooling Reactors | p. 62 |
| Introduction | p. 62 |
| General Features of a Reactor Coolant | p. 62 |
| Principles of Heat Transfer | p. 64 |
| Gaseous Coolants | p. 72 |
| Air | p. 72 |
| Carbon Dioxide | p. 73 |
| Helium | p. 74 |
| Steam | p. 75 |
| Liquid Coolants | p. 75 |
| Light Water | p. 75 |
| Heavy Water | p. 77 |
| Organic Fluids | p. 77 |
| Molten Salts | p. 78 |
| Liquid Metals | p. 78 |
| Boiling Coolants | p. 80 |
| Water | p. 81 |
| Liquid Metals | p. 81 |
| Alternative Forms of Reactor Coolant Circuits | p. 82 |
| Loop-Type Circuits | p. 83 |
| Integral-Type Circuits | p. 84 |
| Pool-Type Circuits | p. 85 |
| Future Developments | p. 87 |
| References | p. 88 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 88 |
| Bibliography | p. 91 |
| Loss of Cooling | p. 92 |
| Introduction | p. 92 |
| The Electric Kettle | p. 99 |
| Pressurized-Water Reactor | p. 101 |
| Operating States of the PWR | p. 101 |
| Energy Balances in the PWR under Fault Conditions | p. 107 |
| The Large-Break LOCA in the PWR | p. 109 |
| The Small-Break LOCA | p. 116 |
| Alternative ECCSs | p. 123 |
| Boiling-Water Reactor | p. 123 |
| Large-Break LOCA in a BWR (the Design Basis Accident) | p. 124 |
| Small-Break LOCAs in BWRs | p. 126 |
| CANDU Reactor | p. 128 |
| Gas-Cooled Reactors | p. 130 |
| Design Basis Accident for the AGR: Depressurization Fault | p. 133 |
| Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor | p. 134 |
| Reference | p. 136 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 136 |
| Bibliography | p. 141 |
| Loss-of-Cooling Accidents: Some Examples | p. 142 |
| Introduction | p. 142 |
| Incidents in Light Water-Cooled Reactors | p. 143 |
| The SL-1 Accident | p. 143 |
| The Millstone 1 Accident | p. 144 |
| The Browns Ferry Fire | p. 145 |
| The Three Mile Island (TMI) Accident | p. 146 |
| The Ginna Incident | p. 160 |
| Mihama 2 Incident | p. 161 |
| The Serious Accident at Chernobyl | p. 164 |
| Heavy Water--Moderated Reactors | p. 184 |
| The NXR Incident | p. 184 |
| The Core-Damage Incident at Lucens | p. 186 |
| Gas-Cooled Reactors | p. 188 |
| The Windscale Fire | p. 188 |
| The Fuel Meltdown at St. Laurent | p. 190 |
| Seawater Ingress in the Hunterston BAGR Station | p. 191 |
| Fuel Damage during Charging at the Hinkley Point BAGR | p. 193 |
| Liquid Metal--Cooled Fast Reactors | p. 194 |
| The EBR-1 Meltdown Accident | p. 194 |
| Fuel Melting Incident at the Enrico Fermi 1 Fast Breeder Reactor | p. 196 |
| The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) | p. 197 |
| References | p. 202 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 202 |
| Bibliography | p. 207 |
| Postulated Severe Accidents | p. 208 |
| Introduction | p. 208 |
| Postulated Severe Accidents in Water-Cooled Reactors | p. 209 |
| Core Damage | p. 209 |
| Challenges to the Reactor Pressure Vessel | p. 211 |
| Challenges to the Reactor Containment | p. 213 |
| Mitigating the Consequences of Severe Accidents | p. 216 |
| Specific Phenomena relating to Severe Accidents | p. 217 |
| Fuel-Coolant Interactions:-"Steam Explosions" | p. 217 |
| Debris Beds and Their Cooling | p. 219 |
| Hydrogen Formation: Burning and Explosions | p. 221 |
| Containment Basement Melt-Through and Failure | p. 223 |
| Severe Accidents in Other Reactor Types | p. 225 |
| Fission Product Dispersion following Containment Failure | p. 228 |
| References | p. 228 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 229 |
| Bibliography | p. 233 |
| Cooling during Fuel Removal and Processing | p. 234 |
| Introduction | p. 234 |
| Refueling | p. 236 |
| Refueling of Gas-Cooled Reactors | p. 236 |
| Refueling of CANDU Reactors | p. 238 |
| Refueling of Light-Water Reactors | p. 241 |
| Refueling of Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors | p. 242 |
| Spent Fuel Storage and Transport | p. 243 |
| Reprocessing Plant | p. 248 |
| References | p. 252 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 254 |
| Bibliography | p. 256 |
| Cooling and Disposing of the Waste | p. 257 |
| Introduction | p. 257 |
| Classification of Waste Products | p. 257 |
| Fission Products and Their Biological Significance | p. 259 |
| Options for Nuclear Waste Disposal | p. 262 |
| Long-Term Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel | p. 264 |
| Ultimate Disposal in Salt Deposits | p. 267 |
| Geological Storage | p. 267 |
| Storage and Disposal of Fission Products from Reprocessing Plants | p. 269 |
| Disposal of Other Materials | p. 273 |
| References | p. 275 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 275 |
| Bibliography | p. 280 |
| Fusion Energy: Prospect for the Future | p. 281 |
| Introduction | p. 281 |
| The Fusion Process | p. 282 |
| Confinement | p. 284 |
| Current Technical Position | p. 286 |
| Conclusions | p. 293 |
| References | p. 294 |
| Examples and Problems | p. 294 |
| Bibliography | p. 297 |
| Index | p. 299 |
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