Nuclear

This book traces the history of the nuclear power industry in the United States from the 1950s when electricity from nuclear power was expected to be too cheap to meter, to the 1990s when the nuclear power industry lies in shambles and the landscape is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860105480Author L.Da CostaFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Graham & Trotman LtdPublisher Kluwer Academic Publishers GroupWeight(grams) 670g

Leaching tests are conducted according to different standards, pro cedures or recommendations, generally under conditions different from those of the disposal media. Such tests are generally useful for com paring various containment matrices to ensure...

This is a survey of current developments in the field of plutonium disposal by the application of advanced nuclear systems, both critical and subcritical. National research and development plans are also summarized. The actinide-fuelled critical reactors...

The surplus of plutonium in the world is both an important security issue, and a fact with implications for nuclear energy and environmental policy internationally. The two perspectives are inextricably intertwined in considering options for dealing with...

On May 26, 1958, the Shippingport, Pennsylvania, nuclear power station ushered in the age of the peaceful atom when it became the first nuclear power plant to go on-line. Throughout its more than three decades of operation, Shippingport encountered many...

Contains papers from a November 1996 conference on technologies for electricity production, addressing recent developments such as creation of more efficient photovoltaic converters for electricity generation, the current and future role of natural gas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306445606Author Maurice LevyFormat HardbackPage Count 430Imprint Kluwer Academic / Plenum PublishersPublisher Kluwer Academic Publishers...

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The proceedings of an October 1991 workshop in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, serve as an in-depth review of the work to date on the recombination of atomic ions in collisions with both free electrons and with atoms. The 24 papers represent all the major...

Proceedings of an American Society Symposium held in Orlando, Florida, August 25-30 1996Book InformationISBN 9780306413834Author Brian BeckettFormat HardbackPage Count 155Imprint Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPublisher Springer Science+Business Media

Selected by Library Journal as one of the hundred best books in science and technology for 1985. This book is an outgrowth of a series of articles that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer in November 1983. For eighteen months, the authors traveled some...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977259332Author William Donald NeedhamFormat HardbackPage Count 358Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 708g

This book presents an overview of state-of-the art approaches to determine thermal safety margins in nuclear reactors. It presents both the deterministic and probabilistic aspects of thermal safety margins of nuclear reactors to facilitate the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789382579656Author Ann-Elise LewallenFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Yoda PressPublisher Yoda PressWeight(grams) 140g

In this book, Ralph Nader and John Abbotts replace the myth of nuclear energy with a clear description of the technology and its attendant perils. They analyze the performance of the atomic energy industry as it affects workers, consumers, taxpayers, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498291514Author Robert S DutchFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783752847116Author Werner JohoFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456422585Author Kim Byung-KooFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013273940Author Amela AjanovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977773435Author Alexander DevolpiFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Devolpi, Inc.Publisher Devolpi, Inc.Weight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

First published in 1978, Helen Caldicott's cri du coeur about the dangers of nuclear power became an instant classic. In the intervening sixteen years much has changed--the Cold War is over, nuclear arms production has decreased, and there has been a...

The nuclear workers and scientists who tell their stories in this book testify to the lie that has been sold to the American people. Nuclear energy is not safe, not clean, not cheap.Book InformationISBN 9780393300338Author Leslie J. FreemanFormat...

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...

In this book, the electron-phonon interactions in the charged molecular systems such as polyacenes, polyfluoroacenes, B, N-substituted polyacenes, and polycyanodienes are discussed. They estimated the electron-phonon coupling constants and the...

This book is concerned about the adequacy of electricity supply and the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions on the environment have prompted policymakers to reevaluate the role that nuclear power might play in the future in meeting the nation's demand for...

The Erice International School of Fusion Reactor Techno logy held its 1981 course on " Unconventional Approaches to Fusion " in combination with the IAEA Technical Committee meeting on " Critical Analysis of Alternative Fusion Concepts ". The two events...

The question of "what to do with radioactive waste" has been raised frequently for both fission and fusion power plants. In recent years, fusion designers have become increasingly aware of the large amount of mildly radioactive materials that...

Nuclear Power provides a concise, up-to-date, accessible guide to the most controversial form of power generation. The author includes a comprehensive description of the various methods for generating nuclear power and evaluates the political, strategic,...

There is currently significant interest in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) for the generation of both electricity and process heat. SMRs offer potential benefits in terms of better affordability and enhanced safety, and can also be sited...

The Department of Energy (DOE)proposes under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to build facilities to begin recycling the nation's commercial spent nuclear fuel. GNEP's objectives include reducing radioactive waste disposed of in a geologic...

Electromagnetic Response Functions of NucleiBook InformationISBN 9781560729426Author Rinaldo CenniFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 865g

The Editors take pleasure in presenting a further vol ume in their Annual Review Series. The present volume con tains six papers that may be said to span from the theory of design to the practice of operation of modern nuclear power stations, therefore...

This book examines nuclear oversight, planning and safety efforts at U.S. nuclear power reactors across the United States. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent federal agency headed by five commissioners, licenses commercial...

Neutron scattering encompasses all scientific techniques whereby the deflection of neutron radiation is used as a scientific probe. Neutrons readily interact with atomic nuclei and magnetic fields from unpaired electrons, making a useful probe of both...

The history of mankind is a story of ascent to unprecedented levels of comfort, productivity and consumption, enabled by the increased mastery of the basic reserves and flows of energy. This miraculous trajectory is confronted by the consensus that...

This book highlights the conceptual utility of relying on macropolitical consensus and lateral autonomy for understanding industrial policy, international bargaining, and technological development, via an unprecedented systematic and multidisciplinary...

This book aims to introduce and discuss the policy issues and challenges surrounding the development of nuclear power energy in Southeast Asia (SEA). Nuclear energy is poised for substantial growth in a region that is in need of more sustainable and...

Nuclear energy is important both as a very large energy resource and as a source of carbon free energy. However incidents such as the Fukashima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011), the Chernobyl disaster (1986), and the Three Mile Island accident (1979)...