Book Description

This volume provides the up-to-date information behind nuclear reactor calculations, focusing on a key role of nuclear reaction data, down to the physics of nuclear interactions. It is divided into three parts. Part 1 deals with nuclear reaction models, including neutron resonances, fission, the optical model, statistical and preequilibrium models as well as nuclear level densities. Part 2 is devoted to nuclear data filling and processing; it includes lectures on nuclear data evaluation and formatting, data libraries and services, with emphasis on nuclear-data-processing codes. Part 3 presents applications in nuclear reactor calculations, emphasizing physics, design and safety.