Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Physics - Nuclear

The second edition of this successful text has been updated and expanded to incorporate more clarified coverage of the material. Beginning with discussions of the general properties of nuclei and nuclear forces, the book describes the shell and collective models of the nucleus and uses them where appropriate to explain the various decays of nuclei by the emission of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-radiation. The author uses the optical model and the concept of the compound nucleus to explain nuclear reactions and concludes with a discussion of nuclear fission and fusion reactions, adding four new...

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The IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) contains detailed information on nuclear power plants worldwide since their start of commercial operation. This report describes various elements of PRIS and explains the rules, coding, terminology and defin