Small Modular Reactor Engineering: the Physics and Design of Modern Micro-Reactors (Volume-II): A Comprehensive Guide to HALEU Fuel Cycles, Passive Safety, Economics Nuclear Battery

Modern reactors are designed twice-first in physics, then in simulation.Small Modular Reactor Engineering - Volume II explores the computational and materials-engineering foundations behind advanced nuclear systems, guiding readers through Monte Carlo neutron transport, reactor geometry modeling, nuclear data libraries, burnup evolution, radiation damage, shielding physics, coolant chemistry, and advanced cladding technologies.This volume connects: - neutron transport, - fuel degradation, - materials behavior, - and computational uncertaintyinto a unified framework for modern reactor analysis and lifecycle engineering.Designed for advanced STEM readers, computational physicists, reactor engineering students, and nuclear professionals, this book bridges the gap between theoretical reactor physics and real-world reactor simulation, optimization, and fuel evolution.From particle transport to fuel aging, this volume examines the computational architecture shaping the future of advanced nuclear energy.