Nuclear principles in engineering

Nuclear engineering plays an important role in various industrial, health care, and energy processes. Modern physics has generated its fundamental principles. A growing number of students and practicing engineers need updated material to access the technical language and content of nuclear principles. Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative computer applications, Tatjana Jevremovic covers nuclear principles as they relate to: * Nuclear power * Nuclear imaging * Aerospace and propulsion engineering * Power production propulsion * Electric generators for space applications * Diagnostics and treatment in medicine * Homeland security * Health physics * Radiation treatment and imaging * Radiation shielding systems "Nuclear Principles in Engineering, Second Edition" is written for students, engineers, physicians and scientists who need up-to-date information in basic nuclear concepts and calculation methods. Nuclear engineering plays an important role in various industrial, health care, and energy processes. Modern physics has generated its fundamental principles. A growing number of students and practicing engineers need updated material to access the technical language and content of nuclear principles. "Nuclear Principles in Engineering, Second Edition" is written for students, engineers, physicians and scientists who need up-to-date information in basic nuclear concepts and calculation methods using numerous examples and illustrative computer application areas. This new edition features a modern graphical interpretation of the phenomena described in the book fused with the results from research and new applications of nuclear engineering, including but not limited to nuclear engineering, power engineering, homeland security, health physics, radiation treatment and imaging, radiation shielding systems, aerospace and propulsion engineering, and power production propulsion. "Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative computer applications, Tatjana Jevremovic covers nuclear principles as they relate to: nuclear power; nuclear imaging; aerospace and propulsion engineering; power production propulsion; electric generators for space applications; diagnostics and treatment in medicine; homeland security; health physics; radiation treatment and imaging; and radiation shielding systems" "Nuclear Principles in Engineering, Second Edition is written for students, engineers, physicians and scientists who need up-to-date information in basic nuclear concepts and calculation methods."--Jacket Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Nuclear Concepts....Pages 1-8 Atomic Theory....Pages 9-70 Nuclear Theory....Pages 71-113 Duality of Nature....Pages 115-167 Radioactive Decay....Pages 169-216 Interactions of Radiation with Matter....Pages 217-280 Neutron Physics....Pages 281-376 Neutron Transport....Pages 377-489 Nuclear Reactor Control....Pages 491-518 Back Matter....Pages 519-546