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Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: $23.08$16.32*WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018**WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2019*'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer'A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . ... -
Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction by Maxwell Irvine
RRP: $18.88$13.55With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the... -
The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet by Arthur Turrell 9781474611602
RRP: $20.98$14.28Is it possible to build a star on earth?When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the end of the century, Professor Stephen Hawking replied 'I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an... -
Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator by Gregory B Jaczko 9781476755779
RRP: $35.70$23.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476755779Author Gregory B JaczkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion by William J. Emrich, Jr.
RRP: $275.10$243.08Principles of Nuclear Rocket Propulsion, Second Edition continues to put the technical and theoretical aspects of nuclear rocket propulsion into a clear and unified presentation, providing an understanding of the physical principles underlying the design... -
How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor by Colin Tucker 9783030338756
RRP: $52.48$40.53Have 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 behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of... -
Deconstructing Energy Law and Policy: The Case of Nuclear Energy by Raphael Heffron
RRP: $60.88$55.42What are the component parts of successful energy law and policy for nuclear energy in the 21st century? Nuclear power has been a part of energy policies of many countries across the world since its emergence as an electricity provider after the Second... -
Target Zero by Anthony Riches
RRP: $20.98$14.93The Protector is back. Mickey Bale must hunt down military-grade warheads in this gripping British thriller from Anthony Riches. Former close protection officer Mickey Bale has a dangerous skillset. One that many men, good and bad, want to make use of... -
The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain: A History by Simon Taylor 9781906860318
RRP: $48.28$35.85The story of the rise, fall and second ascendancy of nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Britain was a pioneer in civil nuclear power and there were once high hopes in the 1950s that this could be a source of cheap electricity and a valuable export... -
Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering by A. A. Harms 9789812380333
RRP: $63.00$56.03This textbook accommodates the two divergent developmental paths which have become solidly established in the field of fusion energy: the process of sequential tokamak development toward a prototype and the need for a more fundamental and integrative... -
The American Trap: My battle to expose America's secret economic war against the rest of the world by Frederic Pierucci 9781529326871
RRP: $27.28$18.06In 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frederic Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's power company subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the... -
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters by Professor of History Kate Brown 9780190233105
RRP: $50.38$34.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190233105Author Professor of History Kate BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University... -
A Short History of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-2009 by Thomas R Wellock 9781497383296
RRP: $39.88$33.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497383296Author Thomas R WellockFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Railways and Britain's Nuclear Industry by David McAlone
RRP: $31.48$23.00This book shows the important role played by the nation's railways in the nuclear industry and how the need to secure that service through the turbulence of privatisation led to the creation of the nation's most diverse railway company, Direct Rail... -
Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World by Tom Zoellner
RRP: $46.18$30.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116721Author Tom ZoellnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 337g -
Fallout: A Journey Through the Nuclear Age, From the Atom Bomb to Radioactive Waste by Fred Pearce 9781846276262
RRP: $20.98$14.07At a moment when a new generation of power stations and weapons are being developed, Fallout is a measured and fascinating exploration of our most misunderstood energy source and asks: what can we learn from our past mistakes, and what role should... -
Nuclear 2.0: Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power by Mark Lynas
RRP: $18.88$14.18Everything you thought you knew about nuclear power is wrong. This is just as well, because nuclear energy is essential to avoid catastrophic global warming. While renewables will surely play an important part in our future energy strategy, expecting... -
Nuclear Engineering: A Conceptual Introduction to Nuclear Power by Malcolm Joyce 9780081009628
RRP: $104.98$97.71Nuclear Engineering: A Conceptual Introduction to Nuclear Power provides coverage of the introductory, salient principles of nuclear engineering in a comprehensive manner for those entering the profession at the end of their degree. The nuclear power... -
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future by Robert Bryce
RRP: $44.08$30.20The promise of "green jobs" and a "clean energy future" has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book, that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot- and will not- quit using carbon-based fuels at... -
Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson H Kearny 9781778129117
RRP: $39.88$29.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778129117Author Cresson H KearnyFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint InterbooksPublisher InterbooksWeight(grams) 735gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 17mm -
Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Charles D. Ferguson
RRP: $23.08$16.32Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time,... -
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering: A Study Guide by Supathorn Phongikaroon 9781032224404
RRP: $178.48$155.93Introduction to Nuclear Engineering serves as an accompanying study guide for a complete, introductory single-semester course in nuclear engineering. It is structured for general class use, alongside fundamental nuclear physics and engineering textbooks,... -
Understanding Nuclear Reactors: Global Warming and the Hydrogen Strategy by Dr Brian Hooton 9780198902669
RRP: $52.48$48.85Understanding Nuclear Reactors provides a non-mathematical understanding of how nuclear reactors operate. It describes the components, the Pressure Vessel, the Pressuriser to control the pressure in a Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR), and the Steam... -
Computational Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Science Using Python by Ryan McClarren 9780128122532
RRP: $197.38$175.90Computational Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Science Using Python provides the necessary knowledge users need to embed more modern computing techniques into current practices, while also helping practitioners replace Fortran-based implementations... -
Moving Particle Semi-implicit Method: Recent Developments and Applications by Gen Li 9780443135088
RRP: $281.40$248.58Moving Particle Semi-implicit Method: Recent Developments and Applications offers detailed step-by-step guidance for advanced numerical models in the MPS method. With a strong focus on overcoming challenges, such as low improving accuracy and numerical... -
The Nuclear Enterprise: High-Consequence Accidents: How to Enhance Safety and Minimize Risks in Nuclear Weapons and Reactors by George P. Shultz
RRP: $52.40$43.39Facing the risks and potentially deadly consequences of nuclear weapons and nuclear power Nuclear energy can provide great benefits to society; in the form of nuclear weapons, however, it can cause death and destruction on an unparalleled scale. The... -
Fundamentals of Radiation Materials Science: Metals and Alloys by Gary S. Was 9781493934362
RRP: $230.98$212.37The revised second edition of this established text offers readers a significantly expanded introduction to the effects of radiation on metals and alloys. It describes the various processes that occur when energetic particles strike a solid, inducing... -
Nuclear Power (Second Edition): Past, Present and Future by Professor David Elliott 9780750351508
RRP: $252.00$237.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750351508Author Professor David ElliottFormat HardbackPage Count 126Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics... -
Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes by Raymond Murray 9780128128817
RRP: $146.98$138.50Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, Eighth Edition, provides essential information on basic nuclear physics, systems and the applications of nuclear energy. It comprehensively covers Basic... -
Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics by Elmer E. Lewis 9780123706317
RRP: $172.18$160.13Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics offers a one-semester treatment of the essentials of how the fission nuclear reactor works, the various approaches to the design of reactors, and their safe and efficient operation . It provides a clear, general... -
Sun in a Bottle?... Pie in the Sky!: The Wishful Thinking of Nuclear Fusion Energy by L. J. Reinders
RRP: $58.78$34.40This book gives an accessible overview of the 70-year history of nuclear fusion research and the vain attempts to construct an energy-generating nuclear fusion reactor. It shows that even in the most optimistic scenario nuclear fusion, despite the... -
The Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Omen for the Age of Terror by Mike Gray 9780393324693
RRP: $39.90$34.27By 6:00 a.m. on the morning of March 28, 1979, the reactor core at Three Mile Island was thirty minutes away from a meltdown, an apocalypse that would render a huge swath of eastern Pennsylvania permanently uninhabitable. The control room crew,... -
Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History by Todd Tucker
RRP: $39.88$29.17"Incorporating the career of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the creator of the nuclear navy, Tucker's work importantly recalls a forgotten warning from nuclear history."-Gilbert Taylor, BooklistOn January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho,... -
Nuclear Facilities: A Designer's Guide by Bill Collum 9780081019382
RRP: $239.40$212.31Designing new nuclear facilities is an extraordinarily complex exercise, often requiring teams of specialists several hundred strong. Nuclear Facilities: A Designer's Guide provides an insight into each of the main contributors and shows how the whole... -
Star Power: Iter and the International Quest for Fusion Energy by Alain Becoulet
RRP: $56.70$35.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046268Author Alain BecouletFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Atom-Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji 9780471293361
RRP: $220.40$201.18Atom-Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications allows the reader to master various aspects of the physics of the interaction between light and matter. It is devoted to the study of the interactions between photons and atoms in atomic and... -
Commercialising Fusion Energy: How small businesses are transforming big science by William Nuttall 9780750327176
RRP: $252.00$238.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750327176Author William NuttallFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering by John C. Lee
RRP: $228.80$199.96An introductory text for broad areas of nuclear reactor physics Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering offers information on analysis, design, control, and operation of nuclear reactors. The author--a noted expert on the topic--explores the... -
Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson H Kearny 9781778129162
RRP: $60.88$38.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781778129162Author Cresson H KearnyFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint InterbooksPublisher InterbooksWeight(grams) 1021g -
Intrusion Detection Systems and Subsystems: Technical Information for NRC Licensees by U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission 9781497307629
RRP: $50.38$43.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497307629Author U S Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace...