Power Plant Engineering

Chapter 10 : Nuclear Power Plant
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10.1 Introduction
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10.2 General History and Trends
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10.2.1 Major Events
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10.2.2 What Might Change the Current Situation ?
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10.2.3 Technical History and Developments
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10.2.4 Developments After WW-2
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10.3 The Atomic Structure
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10.4 Summary of Nuclear Energy Concepts and Terms
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10.4.1 Summary of Features
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10.4.2 Fission
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10.4.3 Critical Mass
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10.4.4 Alpha Radiation
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10.4.5 Beta Particles
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10.4.6 Gamma Particles
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10.4.7 Uramium Fission
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10.4.8 Half Life, T
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10.5 Ethical Problems in Nuclear Power Regulation
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10.6 Chemical and Nuclear Equations
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10.7 Nuclear Fusion and Fission
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10.7.1 Fusion
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10.7.2 Fission
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10.8 Energy From Fission and Fuel Burn Up
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10.9 Radioactivity
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10.10 Nuclear Reactor
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10.10.1 Parts of a Nuclear Reactor
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10.10.2 Nuclear Fuel
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10.10.3 Moderator
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10.10.4 Moderating Ratio
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10.10.5 Reflector
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10.10.6 Reactor Vessel
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10.10.7 Biological Shieding
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10.10.8 Coolant
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10.10.9 Coolant Cycles
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10.10.10 Reactor Core
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10.11 Conservation Ratio
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10.12 Neutron Flux
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10.13 Clasification of Reactors
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10.14 Cost of Nuclear Power Plant
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10.15 Nuclear Power Station in India
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10.16 Light Water Reactor (LWR) and Heavy Water Reactor (HWR)
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10.16.1 Importance of Heavy Water
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10.17 Site Selection
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10.18 Comparison of Nulcear Power Plant and Steam Power Plant
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10.19 Multiplication Factor
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10.20 Uranium Enrichment
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10.21 Reactor Power Control
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10.22 Nuclear Power Plant Economics
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10.23 Safety Measures for Nuclear Power Plants
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10.24 Site Selection and Commissioning Procedure
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10.25 Major Nuclear Power Disasters
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10.26 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
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10.26.1 Reactor Design: RBMK-1000
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10.26.2 Control of the Reactor
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10.26.3 Chernobyl Reactor Operations
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10.26.4 Accident/Safety Plans
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10.26.5 Evacuation
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10.27 Safety Problems in Chernobyl Reactor Design
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10.27.1 System Dynamics
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10.27.2 Another Safety Problem with the Design
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10.28 Other, Earlier, Soviet Nuclear Accidents
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