Nuclear Energy category: 275 books
Thoria-based Nuclear Fuels
Thermophysical and Thermodynamic Properties, Fabrication, Reprocessing, and Waste Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
This book presents the state of the art on thermophysical and thermochemical properties, fabrication methodologies, irradiation behaviours, fuel reprocessing procedures, and aspects of waste management for oxide fuels in general and for thoria-based fuels in particular. The book covers all the essential...
Small Modular Reactors for Electricity Generation
An Economic and Technologically Sound Alternative
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2017
As a flexible, cost-effective energy alternative to large scale nuclear power reactors, this book examines the potential future use of small modular reactors for the generation of electricity in different regions. Exploring advanced nuclear technologies, chapters describe the current situation and...
Fractional-order Modeling of Nuclear Reactor: From Subdiffusive Neutron Transport to Control-oriented Models
A Systematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2018
This book addresses the topic of fractional-order modeling of nuclear reactors. Approaching neutron transport in the reactor core as anomalous diffusion, specifically subdiffusion, it starts with the development of fractional-order neutron telegraph equations. Using a systematic approach, the book...
Structural Alloys for Power Plants
Operational Challenges and High-Temperature Materials
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Current fleets of conventional and nuclear power plants face increasing hostile environmental conditions due to increasingly high temperature operation for improved capacity and efficiency, and the need for long term service. Additional challenges are presented by the requirement to cycle plants to...
Repeat Performance
The Nuclear Age
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2013
MANKIND HAS DONE IT AGAIN
In this Second Edition of Repeat Performance: The Nuclear Age we share the logic behind our accurate 1976 (First Edition) warning of dangerous nuclear events that lay ahead. These predictions were based on a study of the history of human existence...
Remembering AEE Winfrith
A Technological Moment in Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
This history of the Atomic Energy Establishment at Winfrith covers the entire timeline of the project, from its planning and inception through to the shutting down of the last reactor and the decommissioning of the site. Winfrith was one of the innovative solutions engineered to solve a nation’s...
The Manhattan Project
A very brief introduction to the physics of nuclear weapons
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
The development of nuclear weapons by the Manhattan Project during World War II was one of the most dramatic scientific/technological episodes in human history. This book, prepared by a recognized expert on the Manhattan Project, offers a concise survey of the essential physics concepts underlying...
Reactor Core Monitoring
Background, Theory and Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the computerized core monitoring techniques currently employed at pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear power plants. It also offers a brief overview of the corresponding techniques at research and materials testing reactors.
The...
The Impact of Nuclear Power on the Public: The American Experience
Sonder-Vortragsveranstaltung der Klasse für Natur-, Ingenieur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften in der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich am 24. Januar 1973
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
The American experience with respect to electrical power production has undergone and is undergoing considerable evolution. Early, frequently strident debates tended to focus on the risks and benefits of only one pos sible power source (nuclear), and on one possible hazard (radiation from routine...
by Bahman Zohuri, Patrick McDaniel
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
This book covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics required to understand electrical power generation systems, honing in on the application of these principles to nuclear reactor power
systems. It includes all the necessary information regarding the fundamental laws to gain a complete understanding...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Magnetic Fusion Technology describes the technologies that are required for successful development of nuclear fusion power plants using strong magnetic fields. These technologies include: • magnet systems, • plasma heating systems, • control systems, • energy conversion systems, • advanced...
Performance Assessment of Concrete Structures and Engineered Barriers for Nuclear Applications
Conclusions of RILEM TC 226-CNM
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The main outcomes of RILEM TC-226-CNM are summarized in this book. Key input was provided by researchers from countries that are main contributors in the R&D, design, construction, operation, and regulation of waste nuclear reinforced concrete facilities.
Nuclear power plants and many of...
Thermo-Magnetic Systems for Space Nuclear Reactors
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Introduces the reader to engineering magnetohydrodynamics applications and presents a comprehensive guide of how to approach different problems found in this multidisciplinary field.
An introduction to engineering magnetohydrodynamics, this brief focuses heavily on the design of thermo-magnetic...
by Sylvain Girard
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2014
Clogging of steam generators in nuclear power plants is a highly sensitive issue in terms of performance and safety and this book proposes a completely novel methodology for diagnosing this phenomenon. It demonstrates real-life industrial applications of this approach to French steam generators and...