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Emanuele Ghedini

Full Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering

Academic discipline: IIND-07/C Nuclear Reactor Physics

Useful contents

Programma dell'Insegnamento di Fisica dei Reattori Nucleari T - AA 2026/2027

Testi di riferimento

Testi di base usati a lezione:

  • J.J. Duderstadt, L.J. Hamilton, "Nuclear Reactor Analysis", Wiley (1976), https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/89079
  • W.M. Stacey,"Nuclear Reactor Physics", 2nd Edition, Wiley-VCH
  • J.P. Friedberg, "Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy", Cambridge University Press

Per approfondimenti:

  • B. Montagnini, "Lezioni di Fisica del Reattore Nucleare", Università di Pisa (disponibile su Virtuale)
  • J.R. Lamarsh, "Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory", Addison-Wesley (1961), https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924004142463
  • G.I. Bell, S. Glasstone, "Nuclear Reactor Theory", Litton Educational Publishing (1970), https://www.osti.gov/biblio/4074688
  • J.A. Mahaffey, "Nuclear Accidents", Pegasus Books (2015)
  • C. Tucker, "How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor", Springer (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33876-3

I. Nuclear Reactor Physics

Lezione 18/09/2026 (3 ore, aula 1.4)

  • Neutron Density and Flux, Angular Densities and Currents (Duderstadt 4.I)
  • Differential Scattering Cross Sections (Duderstadt 2.I.D.1)
  • The Neutron Transport Equation (Duderstadt 4.II)

Lezione 22/09/2026 (2 ore, aula 5.5)

  • The Neutron Continuity Equation (Duderstadt 4.IV.A)