Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy

Prof. Greenspan’s research spans over a large variety of nuclear engineering related disciplines including theoretical reactor physics, experimental reactor physics, computational methods development, optimization methods for identifying the minimum possible critical mass, criticality safety analysis, optimal design of radiation shields, fusion reactor blankets and medical installations, advanced fusion fuel cycles, fusion-fission hybrid reactors, advanced fission reactors and nuclear fuel-cycle conception, design and analysis. Prof. Greenspan has been a Principal Investigator on studies of dozens of advanced nuclear systems, among which those corresponding to Generation-IV reactor technologies and others being categorized as Small Modular Reactors (SMR), as well as leading a multi-institutional team that developed a preliminary conceptual design of the Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source (ENHS) – a nuclear battery-type reactor that is free of pumps, pipes and valves in the primary reactor system. Prof. Greenspan’s research is documented in 400+ refereed publications, book chapters, and patents/collaborative patents.

1. Safety, licensing and decommissioning of power reactors 2. Fundamentals and history of development of nuclear energy 3. Commercial nuclear power reactors and their design 4. Advanced nuclear reactor concepts under R&D 5. The nuclear fuel and fuel cycle 6. The nuclear waste and its disposal 7. Radiation protection 8. Nuclear power for space and propulsion 9. Research reactors 10. Medical, Industrial and Agricultural Applications of Nuclear Technology 11. Social issues of nuclear energy 12. Non-electric applications of terrestrial nuclear reactors 13. Nuclear fusion R&D