Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology: Festschrift in Honor of Eugene P. Wigner

ISBN-13: 9781468453010 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 490 str.

Jeffery Lewins

Opis

The coverage in this series ranges from the experimental to the theoretical, providing something for all readers committed to the safe and useful development of nuclear power and its associated technologies.

Spis treści

Eugene Wigner and Nuclear Energy.- I. Introduction.- II. The Pre-Chicago Days.- III. Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory.- IV. Clinton Laboratories, 1946–47.- V. Reactor Physics and General Engineering.- VI. Macroscopic Reactor Theory.- VII. Temperature Effects: The Wigner-Wilkins Distribution.- VIII.Solid State Physics.- IX. Nuclear Physics at Chicago and Clinton.- X. General Energy Policy.- XI. Civil Defence.- XII. Wigner and the Founding of ORNL.- XIII.Eugene Wigner and Nuclear Energy.- XIV. Annotated Bibliographies.- References.- The PIUS Principle and the SECURE Reactor Concepts.- I. Introduction.- II. Design Goals for “Forgiving” LWRs.- III. The PIUS Design Principle.- IV. System Modelling.- V. Design Implementation.- VI. The Nuclear Power Reactor SECURE-P.- VII. The Heat Producing Reactor SECURE-H.- VIII.The Low Temperature Heating Reactor SECURE-LH.- IX. Concluding Remarks.- References.- PRISM: An Innovative Inherently Safe Modular Sodium Cooled Breeder Reactor.- I. Introduction.- II. Overall Plant Description.- III. Reactor Assembly and Support Structures.- IV. Heat Transport and Power Generation Systems.- V. Shutdown Heat Removal Systems.- VI. PRISM Inherent Safety Characteristics.- VII. Concept Summary and Implementation Strategy.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Generalised Perturbation Theory (GPT). A Heuristic Approach.- I. Introduction.- II. GPT Methodology for Linear Systems.- III. GPT Methodology for Nonlinear Systems.- IV. Fields of Interest.- V. Expansion of the Perturbed Field Function.- VI. Final Remarks.- Appendix 1: Frechet Derivatives.- Appendix 2: Second Order GPT Critical Systems Expressions.- Appendix 3: Discretised Systems.- Appendix 4: The Importance Function in the Enthalpy Field.- Appendix 5: Miscellaneous Arguments Relevant to GPT.- Appendix 6: Alternative Derivatrion in Temperature Field.- References.- Some Recent Developments in Finite Element Methods for Neutron Transport Theory.- I. Introduction.- II. Forms of the Transport Equation.- III. Approximate Solution Methods.- IV. A Unified Treatment.- V. Application of the Finite Element Method.- VI. Three Design Codes Illustrated.- VII. Composite Solutions.- VIII.Future Trends.- References.