Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors

Content: Cover image
 Title page
 Table of Contents
 Copyright page
 List of contributors
 Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
 Preface
 Part One: Fundamentals of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs)
 1: Small modular reactors (SMRs) for producing nuclear energy: an introduction
 1.1 Introduction
 1.2 Incentives and challenges for achieving commercial deployment success
 1.3 Overview of different types of small modular reactors (SMRs)
 1.4 Public health and safety
 1.5 The current status of SMRs
 1.6 Future trends
 1.7 Conclusion
 Appendix: nomenclature. 2: Small modular reactors (SMRs) for producing nuclear energy: international developments2.1 Introduction
 2.2 Light-water-cooled reactors
 2.3 Heavy-water-cooled reactors
 2.4 Gas-cooled reactors
 2.5 Liquid-metal-cooled reactors
 2.6 Future trends
 3: Integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs) for producing nuclear energy: a new paradigm
 3.1 Introduction
 3.2 The imperatives for nuclear power
 3.3 The integral pressurized-water reactor (iPWR)
 3.4 Addressing the safety imperative
 3.5 Satisfying the economic competitiveness imperative
 3.6 Future trends
 3.7 Conclusion. Part Two: Small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technologies4: Core and fuel technologies in integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs)
 4.1 Introduction
 4.2 Safety design criteria
 4.3 Design features to achieve the criteria
 4.4 Integral pressurized-water reactor (iPWR) design specifics
 4.5 Conclusion
 5: Key reactor system components in integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs)
 5.1 Introduction
 5.2 Integral components
 5.3 Connected system components
 5.4 Future trends
 6: Instrumentation and control technologies for small modular reactors (SMRs)
 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Safety system instrumentation and controls (I & C)6.3 Nuclear steam supply system (NSSS) control systems instrumentation
 6.4 Balance of plant (BOP) instrumentation
 6.5 Diagnostics and prognostics
 6.6 Processing electronics
 6.7 Cabling
 6.8 Future trends and challenges
 6.9 Conclusion
 7: Human-system interfaces (HSIs) in small modular reactors (SMRs)
 7.1 Introduction
 7.2 Human-system interfaces (HSIs) for new nuclear power plants (NPPs)
 7.3 The state of HSI technology in existing NPPs
 7.4 Purpose and objectives of advanced HSIs and human-factor challenges. 7.5 Differences in the treatment of HSIs in the nuclear industry and other industries7.6 How to identify and select advanced HSIs: five dimensions
 7.7 Operational domains of HSIs
 7.8 HSI technology classification
 7.9 HSI architecture and functions
 7.10 Implementation and design strategies
 7.11 Future trends
 7.12 Conclusion
 8: Safety of integral pressurized-water reactors (iPWRs)
 8.1 Introduction
 8.2 Approaches to safety: active, passive, inherent safety and safety-by-design
 8.3 Testing of small modular reactor (SMR) components and systems.