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CONTENTS 1 NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ENERGY GENERATION AND CONVERSION PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT COMMON CAUSE MODELING QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT EVENT TREE FAULT TREE HEAT TRANSFER BASIC HEAT-TRANSFER EQUATIONS CONDUCTION CONVECTION RADIATION CONDUCTION CONDUCTION THROUGH A PLANE WALL CONDUCTION THROUGH A CYLINDRICAL WALL CRITICAL INSULATION RADIUS THERMAL RESISTANCE (R) COMPOSITE PLANE WALL TRANSIENT CONDUCTION USING THE LUMPED CAPACITANCE MODEL FINS CONVECTION EXTERNAL FLOW INTERNAL FLOW BOILING QUALITY AND VOID FRACTION NUCLEATE POOL BOILING CRITICAL HEAT FLUX MINIMUM HEAT FLUX FILM BOILING FILM CONDENSATION OF A PURE VAPOR NATURAL (FREE) CONVECTION HEAT EXCHANGERS RADIATION TYPES OF BODIES SHAPE FACTOR (VIEW FACTOR, CONFIGURATION FACTOR) RELATIONS NET ENERGY EXCHANGE BY RADIATION BETWEEN TWO BODIES PEAKING FACTORS LIMITING FACTORS PEAKING FACTOR CORRECTION TERMS FLUID MECHANICS DEFINITIONS DENSITY, SPECIFIC VOLUME, SPECIFIC WEIGHT, AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY STRESS AND VISCOSITY SURFACE TENSION CHARACTERISTICS OF A STATIC LIQUID THE PRESSURE FIELD IN A STATIC LIQUID MANOMETERS FORCES ON SUBMERGED SURFACES AND THE CENTER OF PRESSURE ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE AND BUOYANCY PRINCIPLES OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLUID FLOW THE CONTINUITY EQUATION THE ENERGY EQUATION THE FIELD EQUATION HYDRAULIC GRADIENT (GRADE LINE) ENERGY LINE (BERNOULLI EQUATION) CRITICAL FLOW FLUID FLOW CHARACTERIZATION REYNOLDS NUMBER LAMINAR FLOW IN CIRCULAR PIPE CONSEQUENCES OF FLUID FLOW HEAD LOSS DUE TO FLOW MINOR LOSSES IN PIPE FITTINGS, CONTRACTIONS, AND EXPANSIONS PRESSURE DROP FOR LAMINAR FLOW FLOW IN NONCIRCULAR CONDUITS DRAG FORCE CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTED FLOW CONFIGURATIONS OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW AND/OR PIPE FLOW OF WATER SUBMERGED ORIFICE OPERATING UNDER STEADY-FLOW CONDITIONS ORIFICE DISCHARGING FREELY INTO ATMOSPHERE MULTIPATH PIPELINE PROBLEMS THE IMPULSE-MOMENTUM PRINCIPLE PIPE BENDS, ENLARGEMENTS, AND CONTRACTIONS COMPRESSIBLE FLOW MACH NUMBER ISENTROPIC FLOW RELATIONSHIPS FLUID FLOW MACHINERY CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CHARACTERISTICS PUMP POWER EQUATION FAN CHARACTERISTICS COMPRESSORS TURBINES PERFORMANCE OF COMPONENTS FLUID FLOW MEASUREMENT THE PITOT TUBE VENTURI METERS ORIFICES DIMENSIONAL HOMOGENEITY DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS SIMILITUDE THERMODYNAMICS PROPERTIES OF SINGLE-COMPONENT SYSTEMS NOMENCLATURE STATE FUNCTIONS: PROPERTIES PROPERTIES FOR TWO-PHASE (VAPOR-LIQUID) SYSTEMS PVT BEHAVIOR IDEAL GAS IDEAL GAS MIXTURES EQUATIONS OF STATE (EOS) FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS CLOSED THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM OPEN THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM STEADY-FLOW SYSTEMS BASIC CYCLES PSYCHROMETRICS SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS KELVIN-PLANCK STATEMENT OF SECOND LAW CLAUSIUS' STATEMENT OF SECOND LAW ENTROPY EXERGY (AVAILABILITY) CLOSED-SYSTEM EXERGY (AVAILABILITY) OPEN-SYSTEM EXERGY (AVAILABILITY) GIBBS FREE ENERGY, DG HELMHOLTZ FREE ENERGY, DA IRREVERSIBILITY, I REACTOR SAFETY ANALYSIS DESIGN-BASIS ACCIDENTS LOSS OF COOLING FUEL CHEMICAL REACTIONS RELIABILITY ANALYSIS PARTS-COUNT APPROACH FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS STRESS MARGIN ANALYSIS SEVERE ACCIDENT ANALYSIS LWR LOSS-OF-COOLANT ACCIDENTS LEAKAGE FROM CONTAINMENT [39] SYSTEM INTERACTIONS BWR POWER INSTABILITY MCPR SAFETY LIMIT RISK NONANNUAL COMPOUNDING BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS INFLATION DEPRECIATION [86] BOOK VALUE TAXATION CAPITALIZED COSTS BONDS RATE-OF-RETURN BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS ALARA FACTORS SETPOINT DETERMINATION [22] MATERIALS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL TEMPERATURE FLOW BWR COMPONENTS REACTOR TRIP STEAM LINE VALVES AND SAFETY/RELIEF VALVE (SRV) OPERATION EMERGENCY CORE COOLING HEAT AND RADIOACTIVITY REMOVAL BWR CHEMISTRY STANDBY LIQUID CONTROL SYSTEM CONTAINMENT BWR CONTROLS REACTOR MAKEUP SYSTEM STEAM GENERATOR PWR ECCS PWR CONTAINMENT PWR REACTOR TRIP FUNCTIONS PWR CONTROLS STANDARDS REGULATIONS LICENSING DOCUMENTATION SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORTS FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS DEVIATIONS FROM THE FSAR AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORTS FOR NEW PLANT DESIGNS SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORTS FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS DEVIATIONS FROM THE FSAR AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORTS FOR NEW PLANT DESIGNS 2 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE FUEL CLADDING DEPLETION, BURNUP, AND TRANSMUTATION USED FUEL ASSAY REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSAY DATA OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS FOR USED FUEL STORAGE FUEL CYCLE PROCESSES FUEL BUNDLE DESIGN FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR A PWR FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR A BWR CONVERSION AND ENRICHMENT PROCESSES PURIFICATION OF U3O8 CONVERSION OF U3O8 TO UF6 ENRICHMENT BALANCE OF MATERIALS SEPARATION FACTOR [46] SEPARATION WORK UNITS ENRICHMENT BY GASEOUS DIFFUSION ENRICHMENT BY GAS CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT BY LASER EXCITATION NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTROL RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS STORAGE TRANSPORT AND STORAGE DESIGN 3 INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH MATTER TERMS BUILDUP FACTORS INTENSITY WITHOUT BUILDUP FACTORS INTENSITY WITH BUILDUP FACTORS POINT SOURCE LINE SOURCE LINE SOURCE WITHOUT SHIELD LINE SOURCE WITHOUT SHIELD AND OFFSET RECEPTOR INFINITE LINE SOURCE LINE SOURCE WITH A SHIELD SIEVERT INTEGRAL DISK SOURCE DISK SOURCE WITH OFFSET DISK SOURCE WITH SHIELD E1 INTEGRALS USING THE CHART OF THE NUCLIDES DECAY CONSTANT MEAN LIFE [43] BINDING ENERGY ENERGY RELEASE ENERGY DEPOSITION STOPPING POWER RANGE AND ENERGY OF ALPHA PARTICLES IN AIR RANGE OF ALPHA PARTICLES IN A MEDIUM [43] RANGE OF BETA PARTICLES IN A MEDIUM [43] ENERGY ABSORBED BY PHOTONS [43] INTERACTION COEFFICIENTS [83] INTERACTION OF PHOTONS WITH MATTER PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT PAIR PRODUCTION COMPTON SCATTERING TOTAL MICROSCOPIC CROSS SECTION CORRECTIONS FOR RADIATIVE ENERGY LOSS [83] RADIATION EFFECTS ON MATERIALS [30] CREEP EMBRITTLEMENT RADIOLYTIC DECOMPOSITION NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS NUMBER DENSITY CALCULATION PRODUCTION OF ACTIVATION PRODUCTS PRODUCTION OF ACTIVATION PRODUCTS WITH PRODUCT REMOVAL NEUTRON TRANSPORT NEUTRON FLUX FROM POINT SOURCE IN NONATTENUATING MEDIUM NEUTRON FLUX FROM POINT SOURCE IN ABSORBING MEDIUM ABSORPTION MICROSCOPIC CROSS SECTION MACROSCOPIC CROSS SECTION (AT A PREDEFINED ENERGY) NEUTRON FLUX NEUTRON REACTION RATE NEUTRON ABSORBER SKYSHINE [83] HIGH-Z MATERIALS LOW-Z MATERIALS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE (LLRW) [65] CLASSES OF WASTE CLASSIFICATION DETERMINED BY LONG-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES THE SUM-OF-FRACTIONS RULE FOR MIXTURES OF RADIONUCLIDES CLASSIFICATION DETERMINED BY SHORT-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES CLASSIFICATION DETERMINED BY BOTH LONG- AND SHORT-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES DEFAULT LLRW CLASSIFICATION HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE [62] DOSE ASSESSMENT AND PERSONNEL SAFETY BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS ACUTE RADIATION EXPOSURE [18] CHRONIC RADIATION EXPOSURE [18] EXTERNAL DOSES OF RADIATION INTERNAL DOSES OF RADIATION [88] EFFECTIVE-DOSE EQUIVALENT: QUALITY FACTOR EFFECTIVE DOSE: WEIGHTING FACTOR DOSIMETRY THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETER [54] EMERGENCY PLANS CRITICALITY ALARM SYSTEM [11], [54] EFFLUENT DIFFUSION RADIATION DETECTION MODE OF OPERATION [40] GAS IONIZATION DETECTORS [87] CURRENT MODE PULSE MODE IONIZATION CHAMBERS [87] PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS [87] GEIGER-MÜLLER (GM) COUNTERS [87] GAS FLOW COUNTERS [87] SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS [87] SOLID-STATE DETECTORS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS [87] INORGANIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS ORGANIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS GASEOUS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS NEUTRON DETECTORS COUNTING STATISTICS ERROR PROPAGATION – SUM OR DIFFERENCE ERROR PROPAGATION – MULTIPLICATION/DIVISION BY CONSTANT ERROR PROPAGATION – MULTIPLICATION/DIVISION OF INDEPENDENT COUNTS ERROR PROPAGATION – MEAN VALUE OF INDEPENDENT COUNTS DETECTION EFFICIENCY SOLID ANGLE NONPARALYZABLE DEAD-TIME MODEL PARALYZABLE DEAD-TIME MODEL 4 NUCLEAR CRITICALITY/KINETICS/NEUTRONICS DIFFUSION THEORY SIX-FACTOR FORMULA EXTRAPOLATION DISTANCE ADJOINT FUNCTION PERTURBATION THEORY (SPATIAL EFFECTS) CRITICALITY SAFETY DOUBLE CONTINGENCY PRINCIPLE [3] CONTROL PARAMETERS HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS REACTIVITY, NEUTRON LIFETIME, AND DELAYED NEUTRONS PROMPT JUMP/DROP APPROXIMATION ONE-DELAYED-NEUTRON-GROUP APPROXIMATION FISSION PRODUCT POISONING XENON-135 POISONING SAMARIUM-149 FISSION PRODUCT POISONING TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON REACTIVITY FUEL TEMPERATURE MODERATOR TEMPERATURE AND VOID REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS XENON-135 OSCILLATION [17] NEUTRON SPECTRA CHART OF THE NUCLIDES NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS SCATTERING ELASTIC SCATTERING INELASTIC SCATTERING TOTAL SCATTERING FISSION ABSORPTION TOTAL NEUTRONS PRODUCED PER FISSION NEUTRONS PRODUCED PER ABSORPTION ABSORBERS BURNABLE POISON CONTROL ROD WORTH CORE ANALYSIS MONTE CARLO METHODS REACTIVITY TRANSIENTS ANTICIPATED TRANSIENT WITHOUT SCRAM (ATWS) THERMALIZATION MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION RESONANCE CAPTURE DOPPLER BROADENING 5 GENERAL ALGEBRA QUADRATIC EQUATION EXPONENTS LOGARITHMS LOGARITHM IDENTITIES POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEM EULER'S IDENTITY ROOTS TRIGONOMETRY LAW OF SINES LAW OF COSINES IDENTITIES ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY STRAIGHT LINE QUADRATIC SURFACE (SPHERE) NOMENCLATURE CIRCULAR SEGMENT [27] CIRCULAR SECTOR [27] SPHERE [27] RIGHT CIRCULAR CYLINDER [27] DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS THE DERIVATIVE TEST FOR A MAXIMUM TEST FOR A MINIMUM TEST FOR A POINT OF INFLECTION THE PARTIAL DERIVATIVE THE CURVATURE OF ANY CURVE [90] CURVATURE IN RECTANGULAR COORDINATES THE RADIUS OF CURVATURE L'HÔPITAL'S RULE DERIVATIVES INTEGRAL CALCULUS INDEFINITE INTEGRALS CENTROIDS AND MOMENTS OF INERTIA DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FIRST-ORDER LINEAR HOMOGENEOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS FIRST-ORDER LINEAR NONHOMOGENEOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS SECOND-ORDER LINEAR HOMOGENEOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS VECTOR ANALYSIS GRADIENT, DIVERGENCE, AND CURL SPECIAL EQUATIONS DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS FIRST-ORDER LINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATION BESSEL FUNCTIONS DEFINITIONS [60], [56], [61], [5], [6] DISPERSION, MEAN, MEDIAN, AND MODE VALUES PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS SETS DE MORGAN'S LAW ASSOCIATIVE LAW DISTRIBUTIVE LAW LAWS OF PROBABILITY PROPERTY 1 GENERAL CHARACTER OF PROBABILITY PROPERTY 2 LAW OF TOTAL PROBABILITY PROPERTY 3 LAW OF COMPOUND OR JOINT PROBABILITY BAYES' THEOREM PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND EXPECTED VALUES PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS EXPECTED VALUES SUMS OF RANDOM VARIABLES BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION NORMAL DISTRIBUTION (GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION) THE CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM POISSON DISTRIBUTION T-DISTRIBUTION F-DISTRIBUTION BETA FUNCTION GAMMA FUNCTION ?2 – DISTRIBUTION