The Science and Engineering of Nuclear Power

Book is in very good condition with moderate signs of age-toning of paper, bumped corners to the covers, minor exterior wear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. About 520 pages (paginated to 500) with a great many mechanical illustrations, charts, tables, graphs, large fold-out page at back. Contents, with each chapter by a different author as listed above, including: Fudamentals of nuclear physics, The fission process, Neutron diffusion, Nuclear chain reactions, Elementary pile theory, The application and experimental basis of pile theory, Chemistry of the fission process, Control and operation of a pile, construction of nuclear reactors, Heat transfer, Heavy elements and nuclear fuels; with three appendices: Table of precise masses, Lossof energy in elastic collisions, Neutron cross sections of the elements. Keywords: Fudamentals, Nuclear, Physics, Fission, Process, Neutron, Diffusion, Nuclear, Chain, Reactions, Elementary, Pile, Theory, Application, Experimental, Basis, Chemistry, Control, Operation, Construction, Reactors, Heat, Transfer, Heavy, Elements, Fuels, Appendices, Precise, Masses, Energy, Elastic, Collisions, Neutron, Cross, Sections, Elements. …