Nuclear Engineering Lamarsh: Introduction To

Starting Lamarsh’s “Introduction to Nuclear Engineering” – Any tips?

This is the heart of the book. Lamarsh introduces Fick’s Law as applied to neutrons. He derives the and then painfully (but necessarily) expands it to two-group and multi-group models. This section is why many professors call the book a "right of passage." Introduction To Nuclear Engineering Lamarsh

Lamarsh’s end-of-chapter problems are legendary. They are not plug-and-chug. They require conceptual leaps. For example: "Calculate the activity of a reactor core after 1 year of operation, given a flux of 10^14 n/cm^2-s, assuming 5% of fissions are in U-238." This forces the student to integrate decay chains, cross sections, and fission yields simultaneously. He derives the and then painfully (but necessarily)

Despite being originally written in the mid-20th century, the core physics hasn't changed. Modern editions, updated by Anthony Baratta, now include: They require conceptual leaps