Herman M., Paver N. (Eds). Nuclear reaction data and nuclear reactors: physics, design and safety

ICTP Lecture Notes, ICTP Publications & Printing Section, Italy, 2005, 287 pp. - ISBN 92-95003-30-6
This volume contains a partial collection of lectures delivered at the workshop on Nuclear Reaction Data and Nuclear Reactors: Physics, Design and Safety, held at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in February-March 2002. The aim of the Workshop was to present extensive, and up-to-date information on the whole scientific field underlying nuclear reactor calculations, from the theory of nuclear reactions and nuclear data production and validation down to the applications to nuclear reactor physics, design and safety. In particular, the collection of lecture notes included in this volume presents techniques for modelling microscopic calculations of light nuclei reactions, the use of a database of parameters for calculations of nuclear reactions and the nuclear data requirements for the calculation of the decay heat in nuclear reactors. As far as the nuclear reactors themselves are concerned, the fields of advanced nuclear technology developments for power production, of non-electric applications of nuclear energy and of the safety procedures for decommissioning old nuclear power plants are covered.Refined Resonating Group Model and Standard Neutron Cross Sections. – (H.M. Hofmann).
Parameters for Nuclear Reaction Calculations - Reference Input Parameter Library (RIPL-2). – (M. Herman).
Nuclear Data Requirements for Decay Heat Calculations. – (A.L. Nichols).
Nuclear Power in the 21st Century: Status & Trends in Advanced Nuclear Technology Development. – (D. Majumdar).
Desalination and Other Non-electric Applications of Nuclear Energy. – (D. Majumdar).
Experiences and Techniques in the Decommissioning of Old Nuclear Power Plants. – (M. Cumo).