The Science and Engineering of Nuclear Power

2 volume set. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Volume I, [6], 503 and Volume II, [10], 317, [1] plus captions and index pages, Illustrations, black & white. Fold-out. Bibliography. Index. No dust jacket. Volume I front hinge weak and restrengthened with glue. Covers very worn and has staining and discoloration. Usual library markings. Pages clear. Representing knowledge gained during world war II about the science of nuclear reactors. Volume I is primarily a general survey of the fundamentals of chain-reacting systems, the second volume considers specific aspects in details. Goodman was the editor and co-author of Science and Engineering o f Nuclear Power, published 1947-48. the first unclassified text on the subject. This publication contain the essentials of a series of seminars initiated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in October, 1946. The objective is to present the fundamentals of chain-reacting systems to engineers interested in the industrial applications of nuclear energy. Progress in this field requires the coordinated effort of many branches of science and engineering. Gradually, the responsibility will devolve to a new breed of specialists, already called nuclear engineers. By limiting consideration to declassified information or that available in the open literature, a number of prominent gaps remain. The material contained in this volume has been submitted to the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission for review by its Declassification Office and the Commission has approved publication from the standpoint of security. Clark Goodman, a noted nuclear physicist and a pioneer in nuclear engineering. Goodman earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at Caltech in 1932. He then worked as a research chemist (1932-36). When his friend from Caltech. Robley D. Evans, invited him to M IT as a research associate in 1936. Goodman promptly accepted the offer: he went on to earn a Ph.D. in physics there in 1940. During World War II. Goodman served with the Office of Scientific Research and Development. After the war, he worked as a senior physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. While there, he helped develop the concept of nuclear propulsion for naval vessels. On his return to MIT in 1947. he joined the faculty and also developed a curriculum for the training of navy personnel in reactor operation. While at MIT. Goodman began his consulting practice with Schlumberger. Ltd. He acquired twenty-five patents in the applications of nuclear physics to oil- and gas-well logging, a field in which he was an important innovator. He spent his final three years at M IT on partial leave, during which time he served as assistant director of the Division of Reactor Development of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. In 1958 Goodman became director of research and vice-president of Schlumberger. With his great interest in independent research, he stayed only four years. In 1962 he joined Houston Research Institute, a small consulting firm, and a year later he was appointed professor of physics at the University of Houston. Working in a developing department and having strong research interests, he attracted students, research associates, and funding, as he had done previously at MIT. When the University of Houston began its collaboration with Rice University in medium-energy physics in 1968. Goodman joined the group and made important contributions. He served on the LAMPF Advisory Committee to Norris Bradbury, director of Los Alamos. In addition to his work in medium-energy physics. Goodman undertook research projects, under NASA sponsorship, in solar physics, ultra-heavy cosmic rays, magnetic monopoles, transition radiation, and physiological effects of heavy cosmic-ray primaries. He also served on the NASA Lunar and Planetary Missions Board from 1965 to 1974 and on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the Atomic Energy Commission (now' of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) from 1966 to 1974. Volume I, Second printing st.…