| Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology 1996 Edition Contributor(s): Lewins, Jeffery (Editor), Becker, Martin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0306451840 ISBN-13: 9780306451843 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear - Science | Physics - Nuclear - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 539.709 |
| LCCN: 62013039 |
| Series: Advances in Nuclear Science & Technology |
| Physical Information: 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The editors have pleasure in presenting this volume of our review series. We have specialised in three areas: perturbation Monte Carlo, non-linear kinetics and the transfer of radioactive fluids in rocks. These contributions are linked, however, in the demands for optimising complex systems that are a feature of the scale of nuclear power production. Kuniharu Kishida's account of Japanese thinking in the application of modern non-linear theory to reactor kinetics and control comes at a time when the community of control scholars is seeking how to apply the new ideas that have led to the prominence of chaos theory to our field. Pr- lems of maintenance in power reactors are as severe as ever and must be solved for credibility to characterise any new program. As much as 30% of unanticipated down-time, for example, is due to the failure of motor op- ated valves. We need a theory to provide for preventive maintenance. This in turn depends heavily on on-line monitoring to anticipate failure as well as expert systems to schedule preventive treatment. Noise theory with its promise of on-line interpretation of information from inchoate breakdown is the key. It is all too likely that the need to deal with major departures makes a non-linear theory of noise essential. We can be grateful that P- fessor Kishida has provided us with such a consistent account. |