Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology

High Energy Electron Beam Irradiation of Water, Wastewater and Sludge.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Electron Beam Technology.- 3. Aqueous Chemistry of High Energy Electrons.- 4. Disinfection of Wastewater Effluents.- 5. Irradiation of Toxic Organic Chemicals in Aqueous Solutions.- 6. Gamma Irradiation versus Electron Beam Irradiation.- 7. Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- X-Ray Photon Spectroscopy Calculations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Relevant Aspects of Photon Interactions with Matter.- 3. Time-Independent Photon Transport Equation.- 4. Solution in a Half Space: Multiple Scattering Effects.- 5. Multiple Scattering Effects on the Characteristic Lines.- 6. Multiple Scattering of the Rayleigh and Compton Effects.- 7. Summary.- Nomenclature.- References.- Monte Carlo Methods on Advanced Computer Architectures.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Advanced Computer Architectures.- 3. Monte Carlo on Advanced Computer Architectures.- 4. Monte Carlo on Parallel Architectures.- 5. Summary and Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- The Wiener-Hermite Functional Method of Representing Random Noise and Its Application to Point Reactor Kinetics Driven by Random Reactivity Fluctuations.- I. Introduction.- II. The Wiener-Hermite Functional (WHF) Method.- III. Application to Point Reactor Kinetics Driven by Random Reactivity Fluctuations.- IV. Conclusions.- References.