Nuclear reactor physics is the core discipline of nuclear engineering. Nuclear reactors now account for a significant portion of the electrical power generated worldwide, and new power reactors with improved fuel cycles are being developed. At the same time, the past few decades have seen an ever-increasing number of industrial, medical, military, and research applications for nuclear reactors. The second edition of this successful comprehensive textbook and reference on basic and advanced nuclear reactor physics has been completely updated, revised and enlarged to include the latest developments.
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From reviews of the first edition:
"...Stacey...developed the material in Part I dealing with basic concepts and theory, in teaching undergraduate and first-year graduate students.... Part II is a more mathematically intense treatment of advanced topics." (SciTech Book News)
"...Stacey...developed the material in Part I dealing with basic concepts and theory, in teaching undergraduate and first-year graduate students.... Part II is a more mathematically intense treatment of advanced topics." (SciTech Book News)
"The first comprehensive book on the subject in 25 years." (La Doc STI)
"I hope that the publication of this impressive text, whose strength lies in its breadth and it modernity, will accompany a renewed interest in nuclear power expressed through fission reactors." (Physics Today)
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Nuclear reactor physics is the core discipline of nuclear engineering. Nuclear reactors now account for a significant portion of the electrical power generated worldwide, and new power reactors with improved fuel cycles are being developed. At the same time, the past few decades have seen an ever-increasing number of industrial, medical, military, and research applications for nuclear reactors. The second edition of this successful comprehensive textbook and reference on basic and advanced nuclear reactor physics has been completely updated, revised and enlarged to include the latest developments.
From the Contents:
- Part 1: Basic Reactor Physics
- Nuclear Reactor Dynamics
- Fuel Burnup
- Part 2: Advanced Reactor Physics
- Neutron Transport Theory
- Neutron Slowing Down
From reviews of the First Edition:
- "the first comprehensive book on the subject in 25 years." - La Doc STI
- "I hope that the publication of this impressive text, whose strength lies in its breadth and modernity, will accompany a renewed interest in nuclear power expressed through fission reactors." - Physics Today
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Weston M. Stacey is Callaway Regents' Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His career spans almost 50 years of research and teaching in nuclear reactor physics, fusion plasma physics, and nuclear and fusion reactor design. He led the IAEA INTOR Workshop (1979-88) which established an international consensus on the feasibility, physical characteristics and R&D requirements of a fusion experimental reactor that led to the present ITER project, for which he was awarded the US Dept. of Energy Distinguished Associate Award and 2 DoE Certificates of Appreciation. He is the author of about 275 research papers and 10 books, including the textbooks "Fusion Plasma Analysis" (1981), "Fusion: An Introduction" (1984, 2nd Ed. 2010), "Nuclear Reactor Physics" (2001, 2nd Ed. 2007) , "Fusion Plasma Physics" (2005), and "The Quest for a Fusion Energy Reactor" (2010). Prof. Stacey is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and of the American Physical Society. He is the recipient of the American Nuclear Society Seaborg Medal for Nuclear Research, Wigner Reactor Physicist Award, and Outstanding Achievement in Fusion Award; of the Georgia Tech Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award; of the Sigma Xi Sustained Research Award; and of the Fusion Power Associates Distinguished Career Award.
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This review is from: Nuclear Reactor Physics (Hardcover)
I have both Duderstadt's and Stacy's book and can safely say that Duderstadt's book is definitely more of a theory plus examples book, however some parts of the book are a tad bit out of date. On the other hand Stacy is a nuclear physicist so his books are really not going to have examples(I have I believe most of his publications). There are sections that are thin in one book that are more throughout in the other and vice versa. Lets put it this way, if your professor gives you either Stacy's or Duderstadt's book, you need easy access to the other one. This book is intended for a senior level audience with at least a complete understanding of radiation physics and a basic understanding of Reactor Physics.
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Book is hard to read, even for a nuclear engineering student,
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My professor was so excited when this new book came out. As we started reading it, we realized that the doctor who wrote this book was aiming it at an audience who would already know all of this, never really introducing any new terms or reviewing in any way the new materials to allow the student (who is supposed to be learning it for the first time) to really learn the subject. We ended up switching back to the old book for the remainder of the class. Over all, don't buy unless you already know what you are talking about.
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