RSICC CODE PACKAGE MIS-006

 

Note to the user: Dr. J. D. Lewins owns the copyright of the book, and he authorizes the NEADB and RSICC to distribute it in PDF format at no cost to requesters. This book on CD-ROM cannot be further copied, distributed or sold.  Please complete and submit the RSICC online order form if you wish to receive the package. RSICC Software License and Export Control Understanding forms are not required for this package. Specify whether you want to retrieve the files electronically or on a CD.

 

 

1.  NAME AND TITLE

JDL-REACTOR-KINETICS:       Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control.

 

2.  CONTRIBUTORS

Magdalene College, Cambridge, UK,

through OECD Nuclear Energy Agency  Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

 

3.  CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

PDF format; many computers (M00006MNYCP00). NEADB ID is NEA-1843/01.

 

4.  NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

 

Dr. J.D. Lewins has now released the following legacy book for free distribution:

 

Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control, Pergamon Press, London, 275 pages, 1978.

1. Introductory Review

2. Neutron and Precursor Equations

3. Elementary Solutions of the Kinetics Equations at Low Power

4. Linear Reactor Process Dynamics with Feedback

5. Power Reactor Control Systems

6. Fluctuations and Reactor Noise

7. Safety and Reliability

8. Non Linear Systems; Stability and Control

9. Analogue Computing

Addendum: Jay Basken and Jeffery D. Lewins: Power Series Solution of the Reactor Kinetics Equations, Nuclear Science and Engineering: 122, 407-436 (1996) (authorized for distribution with the book: courtesy of the American Nuclear Society)

 

NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS -

Jeffery D Lewins

PhD MIT, PhD Cantab, DSc (Eng) London

Magdalene College

Cambridge

CB3 0AG

UK

 

5.  METHOD OF SOLUTION

 

6.  RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

 

7.  TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

 

8.  COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

 

9.  COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Adobe Acrobat Reader can be used to access the files in Portable Data Format (.pdf).

 

10. REFERENCES

J.D. Lewins, “Nuclear Reactor Kinetics and Control,” Pergamon Press, London, 275 pages (1978).

J. Basken and J. D. Lewins, “Power Series Solutions of the Reactor Kinetics Equations,” Nuclear Science And Engineering 122, 407-436 (1996).

 

11. CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

The package is transmitted in a WinZIP file which contains the book and addendum cited above in PDF format.

 

12. DATE OF ABSTRACT

July 2009.

 

KEYWORDS:   KINETICS; REACTOR SAFETY