9 October 2007

ERRATA FOR

FUNDAMENTALS OF NUCLEAR
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
J. Kenneth Shultis and Richard E. Faw
Marcel Dekker, New York, 2002.
ISBN 0-8247-0834-2

NOTE: Many errors have been corrected in the second printing. Those discover after the second printing are indicated
by an *.
Location (Discoverer)

As Is

Change to

p. 4, Table 1.4, item 5

solidis

solidus

p. 5, line 3 from bot. (Stewart)

New URL: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html

p. 8, Sec. 1.2.2, line 1

one neutral

one-twelfth of a neutral

p. 8, Sec 1.2.2, line 3

one atom

one-twelfth of an atom

p. 9, Ex. 1.1, line 3 (Vanmeter)

abundance of 19.1

abundance of 19.9

p. 9, rst line last paragraph

...by the mass of...

... by one-twelth the mass of ...

p. 11, Ex. 1.4, line 2 (McNutt)

2AH + 2AO

2AH + AO

p. 12, 3rd line (Stewart)

Except for hydrogen...2.5 108 cm.

Almost all atoms with Z > 10 have

radii between 1 and 2 108 cm.

*p. 12, last line

200 m in diameter

200 m in radius

p. 15, Problem 17 (Stewart)

atom (twice)

nulceus (twice)

*p. 20, 1st line of Eq. (2.9)

3.13 1010

replace upper integral limit v by 4/ 1 (v/c)2

*p. 27, 5th line of text

recoil election

*p. 44, Table 22, He line

He 2 1

p. 17, Last line of Example 2.1

3.12 10

recoil electron
He 2 2

RH = e e /(8o h )

RH = e e4 /(82o ch3 )

mass density

number density

p. 67, Ex. 3.2, line 10

(Slittenhardt)
p. 83, Ex. 4.4 (Holbert)
p. 103, lines 3 after Eq. (5.46)

= [31mn + (39)mp ...

= [31mp + 39mn ...

Q = . . . = 0.0420 MeV
3.34 105

Q = . . . = 0.420 MeV
3.34 107

*p. 104, Fig. 5.16

interchange + 17.4% and 39.0%

*p. 109, next to last line

90

*p. 111, Sec. 5.6.1, line 9

MeV. Tritium

Ex
speeds. in the

*p. 54, 2 lines above last paragraph (Stewart)

*p. 58, Fig. 3.8 caption

p. 126, last two lines (Bennion)

*p. 128, 2nd last caption line

Mo

99

Mo

keV. Tritium

Ey (twice)
speeds in the
(cont.)

Location (Discoverer)

As Is

Change to

p. 135, Fig. 6.3 (Maxwell)

Figure label n

*p. 136, Fig. 6.4 (Maxwell)

Figure label p

p. 136, seventh line (Holbert)

average kinetic energy

most probable kinetic energy

*p. 139, Eq. (6.33)

+235
92 U

1
0n

+ 235
92 U

99m
43 Tc

*p. 141, Eq. (6.37)

99m

43 Tc

*p. 142, line 2

236

*p. 145, Table 6.4

Tw and Ew

switch the heading labels Tw and Ew

p. 149, 6 lines from bottom

(Holbert)
*p. 150, line 9

Eav = kT

Eav = (3/2)kT

6.01 h

235

MPa

6.01 h

Pa
2

particles cm2 s1

p. 164, rst line (Duteau)

particles cm

p. 165, Eq. (7.8) (Duteau)

remove the term ... t

*p. 169, line 4

losses

loses

*p. 171, 6 lines above Eq. (7.23)

source of that

source that

*p. 174, lines 1 and 5

5 Ci

500 Ci


0

x p(x) dx = ...

*p. 187, Ex. 7.5, last line

2.657

2.609

p. 197, Example 7.7 (Mentzer)

102.5839+1.3767x+.. = 0.00707 g/cm2

102.5814+1.3767x+.. = 0.00711 g/cm2

p. 197, line after above correction

Rp (2 MeV) = 0.00707 cm.

Rp (2 MeV) = 0.00711 cm.

*p. 198, lines 4 and 5

The ranges ... 7.18

Figs. 7.17 and 7.18 demonstrate the

residual energy after a ssion fragment passes through a mass thickness R of dierent materials. The
x-axis intercept is the range of the
fragment.

*p. 198, Caption of Figs. 7.17 &

7.18, lines 3 & 4

distance x ... x

distance R into various materials.

Delete last sentence

*p. 200, Prob. 10, 2nd line

tank is make

tank is made

p. 222, Prob. 5

230 s

230 ns

p. 229, Ex. 9.1, last 2 equations

mGy/h

Gy/h

*p. 248, 4th line of Section 9.6.2

an sudden accidental

a sudden accidental

p. 250, Table 9.13, 2nd block

to 0.1 mGy (100 mrad)

to 1 mGy (100 mrad)

*p 254, Table 9.14, heading 3rd

col.
p. 260, Prob. 2, 2nd line (Holbert)

per ECC

per annual ECC

... frequency of 0.941 ...

U

... frequency of 0.849 ...

atom ratio N C /N U

*p. 268, Ex. 10.1, line 2

atom ratio N /N

*p. 268, Ex. 10.1, line 5

Appendix C.2

Appendix C.1 and Table 10.1

p. 270, Fig. 10.2, left side

F
F
a /f
0
1n
135

F
F
/a

2 s

200 s

p.277, Fig. 10.6

p. 293, captions of Figs. 10.15 &
10.16 (Bennion)
p. 304, Prob. 15

Sm

1
0n
149

Sm

(cont.)

Location (Discoverer)

As Is

Change to

p. 390, Prob. 2

T1/2 = 13.2 h

T1/2 = 8.04 d

p. 390, Prob. 4

5.0 pCi/kg

5.0 nCi/g

p. 391, Prob. 12

30 g/g (30 ppm)

6

30 ng/g (30 ppb)

7

p. 459, Table C.1, col. 2

abundances: Li 92.5, Li 7.5

*p. 468 (Stewart)

half-life for

36

abundances: 6 Li 7.5, 7 Li 92.5

Cl should be 3.01 105 y

Revised Web Addresses: Pages 13 and 14

The world-wide web is a valuable but dynamic resource with new sites being created and old ones being shut down.
Site web pages are also constantly being redesigned and addresses changed. Many of the web addresses on pages 13
and 14 have changed.

Section 1.3, last line: The address for the chart of the nuclides is now http://www.chartofthenuclides.com .

Section 1.3.1: Everything past the rst paragraph should be replaced with the following:
The following site, in particular, has a large number of links to the major nuclear and atomic data repositories in
the world.
http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/usndp/usndp-subject.html
The following sites oer large compilations of fundamental nuclear and atomic data as well as links to other data
sites.
http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html
http://isotopes.lbl.gov/
http://wwwndc.tokai-sc.jaea.go.jp/index.html
http://wwwndc.tokai-sc.jaea.go.jp/nucldata/index.html
http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/nucleardata/toi/
The sites below contain much information about nuclear technology and other related topics. Many are home pages
for various governmental agencies and some are sites oering useful links, software, reports, and other pertinent
information.
http://physics.nist.gov/
http://www.nist.gov/
http://www.nrc.gov/
http://www.doe.gov/
http://www.epa.gov/oar/
http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/
http://www-rsicc.ornl.gov/
http://www.iaea.or.at/
http://www.nea.fr/
http://www.ans.org/

Revised Web Addresses: Page 427

Many of web addresses on page 427 have changed or lo longer work. Replace them with the following.
http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html
http://isotopes.lbl.gov/
http://wwwndc.tokai-sc.jaea.go.jp/index.html
http://wwwndc.tokai-sc.jaea.go.jp/nucldata/index.html
http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/nucleardata/toi/

Minor Typographical Errors

Location (Discoverer)

As Is

Change to

p. 5, Sect. 1.1.2, line 4

(Schickedanz)

me

mn

p. 5, Section 1.2, rst line,

second paragraph (Kidd)

been seen

be seen

p. 12, rst line (Kidd)

reveals

reveal

*p. 10, Ex. 1.3, line 1

mass on

mass of

p. 12, Sec. 1.2.8, line 4 (Kidd)

surface,

surface.

p. 12, 2nd line after Eq. (1.8)

(Kidd)
*p. 17, Par. 2, line 10

a atom,

an atom.

part a billion

part in a billion

p. 27, last sentence of example

(Stewart)
*p. 29, Fig. 2.8 caption, line 3

... recoil electrion ...

... recoil electron ...

large

larger

*p. 29, Fig. 2.8 caption, line 4

behavior dominates

behaviors dominate

*p. 33, Sec. 2.3.3, Par. 3, line 3

phenomenalogical

phenomenological

*p. 61, Fig. 3.9

Revise caption: The potential energies of a proton (a) and

a neutron (b) as functions of distance from the center of a nucleus.

*p. 76, last line

to the nucleus

*p. 83, Ex. 4.4, 5th line from end

Change D to H in reaction for Q

*p. 96, par 2, line 1

transmutation

transition

*p. 103, Eq. 5.46

==

*p. 104, line 5

the a count

the count

to form the nucleus

*p. 115, par 4, line 5

Since ... are in secular

If ... are assumed to be in secular

p. 116, last paragraph, line 4

decays.

decay.

*p. 116, par 4, line 5

6.4 1012

6.4 pCi/g

*p. 117, Ex. 5.7 line 2

atom

atoms

*p. 123, Sec 6.1, line 3

incident reactants

reactants

p. 128, caption Fig. 6.2, penultimate line (Bennion)

*p. 128, Sec 6.3, line 2

speeds.

speeds

project

particle

*p. 130, par 2, last 3 lines

Exc

ExC

*p. 134, Ex. 6.3, par 2, line 2

on energy

of energy

p. 159, Prob. 9, 1st eq. (Bennion)

LI

Li

*p. 168, Sec 7.2, 1st. line

passe

pass
(cont.)

Location (Discoverer)

As Is

Change to

p. 169, line 4

losses

loses

p. 171, 6 lines above Eq. (7.23)

... source of that ...

... source that ...

*p. 174, line 7

is air

of air

*p. 193, line 4

mass

rest mass

p. 200, line 2 of Problem 10

make

made

p. 236, caption in Table 9.4

Brochial

Bronchial

p. 248, Sec. 9.6.2, line 4

an sudden

a sudden

*p. 263, 1st text line

human-made

man-made

*p. 263, 1st para, last line

shutdown

shut down

*p. 265, penultimate line

rename

remain

*p. 266, Sec 10.3.1, line 6

quite small

near unity

*p. 289, last line

ax

aX