Dr. Kerlin has more than 55 years of experience in teaching and research related to nuclear reactor dynamics, control, and testing. He has published extensively and is the author, co-author or contributor for five books on energy, reactor dynamics, and instrumentation. He has worked in both academia and industry. Dr. Kerlin has now retired as the Head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Upadhyaya has more than 40 years of experience in teaching and research related to nuclear reactor dynamics, control, instrumentation, monitoring, diagnostics and advanced reactors. He has published more than 350 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and book chapters. He is a Life Fellow of International Society of Automation, a Fellow of American Nuclear Society, a Fellow of International Society of Engineering Asset Management, and a Life Senior Member of Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers. Dr. Upadhyaya has now retired as a Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee.

• 1. Introduction2. Nuclear Reactor Designs3. The Point Reactor Kinetics Equations4. Solutions of The Point Reactor Kinetics Equations and Interpretation5. Subcritical Operation6. Fission Product Poisoning7. Reactivity Feedbacks8. Reactor Control9. Space-Time Kinetics10. Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics11. Nuclear Reactor Safety12. Pressurized Water Reactors13. Boiling Water Reactors14. Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors15. Nuclear Plant Simulators16. Nuclear Plant InstrumentationAppendixA. Generation Ii Reactor ParametersB. Advanced ReactorsC. Basic Reactor PhysicsD. Laplace Transforms and Transfer FunctionsE. Frequency Response Analysis of Linear SystemsF. State Variable Models and Transient AnalysisG. Matlab And Simulink: A Brief TutorialH. Analytical Solution of the Point Reactor Kinetics Equations and the Prompt Jump ApproximationI. A Moving Boundary ModelJ. Modeling and Simulation of a Pressurized Water ReactorK. Modeling and Simulation of a Molten Salt Reactor