Nuclear Engineering - Recommended Coursework

[foobanksnuc]

Hello Hello,

I'm an upcoming Freshman at Texas A&M and am entering the Nuke program there. Just curious as if there is some material I can get my hands on to expose myself to the topics going to be discussed, before the official start of school. I don't need university specific texts, just good material to read.

I slammed through Cal 1 & 2 last summer before my senior year on my own, and it helped me excel in my Cal classes - so I thought I could bring those good habits into this summer and get that same heads up.

I know basic Nuclear chemistry from outside study and my AP chem class a few years ago. I know physics up through Mechanics and partly into Electromag.

I also can name every country in Europe;
And every fruit I've eaten in the past 24 hours.

But that's neither here nor there, any recommended readings?

[theCandyman]

Hey foobanksnuc,

If it's your freshman year, you'll want to look at Lamarsh's Introduction to Nuclear Engineering. It gives a basic outline of most nuclear subjects you'll cover in an undergraduate course of study: radioactivity, reactivity, effects of radiation, and even a little history.

[Astronuc]

Nuclear Energy, Sixth Edition: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes (http://books.google.com/books?id=ylEAARGhvX4C&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4#PPR7,M1) by Raymond Murray is a standard introductory level text.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0123705479 - new & used are available.

There are older versions with less detail, which are inexpensive. I used an older version when I taught the introductory course at A&M.


A bit more pricey be good text is Nuclear Engineering: Theory And Technology Of Commercial Nuclear Power (SCPP) by Neil Todreas.
http://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Engineering-Theory-Technology-Commercial/dp/1560320893/