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Modern power station practice. Volume 8, Nuclear power generation /

Nuclear Power Generation focuses on the use of nuclear reactors as heat sources for electricity generation. This volume explains how nuclear energy can be harnessed to produce power by discussing the fundamental physical facts and the properties of matter underlying the operation of a reactor. This...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Great Britain. Central Electricity Generating Board
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1971.
Edición:Second revised and enlarged edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Nuclear Power Generation focuses on the use of nuclear reactors as heat sources for electricity generation. This volume explains how nuclear energy can be harnessed to produce power by discussing the fundamental physical facts and the properties of matter underlying the operation of a reactor. This book is comprised of five chapters and opens with an overview of nuclear physics, first by considering the structure of matter and basic physical concepts such as atomic structure and nuclear reactions. The second chapter deals with the requirements of a reactor as a heat source, along with the diff.
Notas:In 8 vols.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations
ISBN:9781483157399
1483157393