Conversations about nuclear energy. Physics of reactors and technology of modular fast reactors

The publication is based on the materials of the course "Physics and the dynamics of nuclear reactors", read by the author for many years in the IAUU MEPhI (Obninsk) engineers of the nuclear power plant as part of the training program and professional retraining.
The book in the form available for a reader who does not have a specialized education sets out the basics of nuclear energy and the problems existing in this area and ways to solve them, the foundations of physics and nuclear reactors, the processes that occur in the reactor during operation, and the processes are described, Important for security, the causes of typical accidents and possible ways to eliminate them are analyzed.
The publication is intended for high school students, students specializing in various fields of nuclear energy, physics teachers, engineers of existing nuclear power plants, scientists related to the design and creation of nuclear reactors, as well as for all those who are interested in nuclear energy