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Nuclear Power Explained
From World War II to the present day, nuclear power has remained a controversial topic in the public eye. In the wake of ongoing debates about energy...
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The fourth generation of nuclear reactors Fundamentals, Types, and Benefits Explained
This book is intended for readers who want to learn more about fourth-generation nuclear reactors without having to delve deeply into nuclear...
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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
The generation four reactor designs we have discussed so far have a thermal neutron spectrum. They are hotter at the core exit than third-generation...
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Fundamentals of Nuclear Technology
We begin with an excursion into nuclear physics. An atomic nucleus consists of protons and neutrons. The protons are electrically positively charged,...
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Nuclear Physics and Its Applications
The power of nuclear reactions is what makes stars shine for billions of years and what can make them shatter in supernovae explosions. Usually, we...
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Economic, Ecological and Political Aspects of Nuclear Energy
Nuclear power plants belong to the largest and technically most complex class of industrial buildings. The development of a new type can take years...
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How to Operate a Nuclear Reactor
The energy present in atomic nuclei can be harnessed either in an uncontrolled way in atomic bombs or in a controlled way in nuclear reactors. In...
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Reactors, Bombs and Visions: A Brief History of the Nuclear Age
When radiochemist Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann conducted their experiments at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin in 1938, they...
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What Is Nuclear Fusion?
During the five years I spent at ITER I discovered that people visiting ITER, despite very different origins and backgrounds, have one thing in...
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Introduction
In nuclear technology, the fourth generation is a collective term for concepts that are exciting, but which the market does not even need today. Nor...
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What Makes Nuclear Special?
There are two things to operating a nuclear power station (especially driving a nuclear reactor) that could be considered to be unique to the nuclear...
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Plasma Science
This chapter covers the basic theory and modeling of the state of matter known as plasma, in which nuclear fusion can take place. It begins with an...
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The German Nuclear Program: The Third Reich and Atomic Energy
The success of the Manhattan Project makes it easy to overlook the fact that there was a German nuclear program during World War II, and that for...
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Reactor Types and Safety
Nuclear reactors used for electric energy production are usually huge constructions. Research reactors are still big machines, but much smaller than...
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Proliferation
Proliferation is the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their carrier systems. In a narrow sense, this refers to the weapons themselves or the...
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The Path Forward
Climate changeClimate change is one the greatest threats to civilization that humans have ever faced. Figure 11.1 shows an example of the kinds of...
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How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor
Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It’ll take you on a journey from the science...
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Significance for the Economy and Society
So what is the fourth generation? Just technologies that had already been developed in the past but that never prevailed economically? From a...
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Fusion Technology
This chapter is an overview of the current state of the art of fusion technology. Because of the imperative of dealing with climate change, most...
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Watt Power?
Knowing your reactor’s power level is going to be essential; much as you need to know the speed of any car that you drive. In a car, the speedometer...