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The book will start with an introduction to nuclear data with an explanation of key concepts such as the different types of nuclear reaction and the meaning of nuclear cross sections. It will then set out the steps of how nuclear data is compiled and evaluated so that it can be used in applications. The remaining chapters will map out various applications of nuclear data in different sectors: nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, spent-fuel management, and medical isotopes and medical applications. The reader will come away with an appreciation of the value of nuclear data in various real-world applications and how that is intrinsically linked to the underlying structure and properties of nuclei. They will get an introduction to how nuclear data is obtained, compiled and evaluated. They will learn about the challenges in each sector and the different methodologies which apply. They will learn about some of the key software packages and tools associated with nuclear data evaluation. It would allow them to take their first steps into nuclear data-related activities and provide them with comprehensive reference lists and bibliographies for further reading.
Key Features:
- Describes nuclear data for applications explained starting from the basics
- Contributors are leading experts and practitioners in the field
- Extensive use of case studies
- Includes exercises and video-based exercises
1 - Introduction: Types of nuclear reaction and underlying physics; basics of nuclear decay and nuclear stability; different methods of obtaining nuclear data; how to compile and evaluate nuclear data; the key software tools/data compilations used by practitioners in industry (James Benstead, Lee Morgan, Andrew Simons and colleagues, AWE) [This chapter may split into more than one chapter depending on the content]
2 - Engineering design of fusion reactors: Short introduction to fusion energy; Nuclear data related to the 14 MeV neutrons produced in d-t fusion; possible nuclear transformation and damage processes associated with the reaction of such neutrons with different materials; tritium breeding; plasma performance monitoring; (Mark Gilbert, Lee Packer and colleagues (CCFE Culham)
3 - Fission energy – cross section data: Importance of high precision (n,g) and (n,f) cross sections for actinide elements for conventional fission and next-generation reactors; experimental studies with nToF at CERN, how to compile and evaluate data from nToF (Toby Wright, University of Manchester, David Jenkins and others)
4 - Fission energy – decay heat: Concept of decay heat in reactors; experimental methods to understand decay heat; identification of uncertainties in nuclear beta decays; beta-delayed neutrons; (Bill Gelletly, University of Surrey, Alejandro Algora CSIC Valencia, and Giuseppe Lorusso, NPL)
5 - Spent-fuel management, decommissioning and recycling: Fission product yields; actinide isotope yields; characteristic isotopes with long half-lives relevant to decommissioning, (a,n) reactions and neutrons from spent fuel; shielding; transmutation challenges (David Jenkins, Paul Davies, University of York and others)
6 - Medical isotopes and medical applications: PET and SPECT imaging and isotope production relevant to those applications; theranostic isotopes; MEDICIS facility at CERN; boron neutron capture therapy; proton therapy (Thomas Cocolios, KU Leuven and others)