Description
Sustainable Nuclear Power
Authors: Suppes Galen J., Storvick Truman
Language: EnglishSubjects for Sustainable Nuclear Power:
416 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
Out of Print
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The History of Energy
Chapter 3: Energy Reserves and Renewable Energy Sources
Chapter 4: Emerging Fuel Technologies and Policies Impacting These Technologies
Chapter 5: History of Conversion of Thermal Energy to Work
Chapter 6: Transportation
Chapter 7: Production of Electricity
Chapter 8: Energy in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Chapter 9: Electrical Power as Sustainable Energy
Chapter 10: Atomic Processes
Chapter 11: Recycling and Waste Handling for Spent Nuclear Fuel
Chapter 12: Nuclear Power Plant Design
Chapter 13: For-Profit Industrial Drivers
Index
- No need for a background in nuclear science! This book guides engineers, scientists and energy professionals through a concise and easy-to-understand overview of key safety and sustainability issues affecting their work.
- Details the very latest information about today's safest and most energy-efficient reactor designs and reprocessing procedures.
- Brings to light the fears and hesitation of using nuclear energy and explains that technologies and procedures for safe production and processing are available today.