Nuclear power : past, present and future /

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This book looks at the early history of nuclear power, at what happened next, and at its longer-term prospects. The main question is: can nuclear power overcome the problems that have emerged? It was once touted as the ultimate energy source, freeing mankind from reliance on dirty, expensive fossil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elliott, David, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 3.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction : the nuclear vision
  • 1.1. Nuclear energy : uranium in a bucket
  • 1.2. Atoms for peace
  • 1.3. The rise and fall of nuclear power
  • 1.4. On to Generation IV?
  • 2. Nuclear innovation : the early days
  • 2.1. Early US experiments
  • 2.2. Thorium reactors and fast breeders
  • 2.3. Generation IV design parameters and constraints
  • 3. New brooms : on to Generation IV
  • 3.1. Back to breeders, and thorium
  • 3.2. Small is beautiful
  • 3.3. Reactor choices and progress
  • 4. Nuclear power revisited
  • 4.1. A review of the prospects for new nuclear
  • 4.2. What long-term future for nuclear?
  • 4.3. Conclusions : the way ahead
  • Afterword : insider views
  • Appendix. Nuclear and renewables : the basics compared.

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