Nuclear energy encyclopedia science, technology, and applications.
The A-to-Z reference resource for nuclear energy information A significant milestone in the history of nuclear technology, Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science, Technology, and Applications is a comprehensive and authoritative reference guide written by a committee of the world's leading energy...
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| Format: | E-Book Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Hoboken, N.J
WILEY
2011
Wiley John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated Wiley-Blackwell |
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| Schriftenreihe: | Wiley series on energy |
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| ISBN: | 9780470894392, 9781118043479, 9781118043493, 1118043472, 0470894393, 1118043499, 9781118043486, 1118043480 |
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- Nuclear energy encyclopedia : science, technology, and applications -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Nuclear Fission: Glossary and Acronyms -- Nuclear Fusion: Glossary and Acronyms -- Part I: General Concepts -- 1. Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future -- 2. Benefits and Role of Nuclear Power -- 3. Early History Of Nuclear Energy -- 4. Early Commercial Development of Nuclear Energy -- 5. Basic Concepts of Thermonuclear Fusion -- 6. Basic Concepts of Nuclear Fission -- 7. Oklo Natural Fission Reactor -- 8. Electrical Generation from Nuclear Power Plants -- 9. Nuclear Energy for Water Desalination -- 10. Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Generation -- Part II: Nuclear Fission -- 11: Uranium-Plutonium Nuclear Fuel Cycle -- 12: Global Perspective on Thorium Fuel -- 13: Design Principles of Nuclear Materials -- 14: Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing -- 15: Safety of Nuclear Fission Reactors: Learning from Accidents -- 16: Spent Fuel and Waste Disposal -- 17: Fission Energy Usage: Status, Trends and Applications -- Part III: Fission: Broad Application Reactor Technology -- 18: Light-Water-Moderated Fission Reactor Technology -- 19: CANDU Pressurized Heavy Water Nuclear Reactors -- 20: Graphite-Moderated Fission Reactor Technology -- 21: Status of Fast Reactors -- 22: Review of Generation-III/III+ Fission Reactors -- 23: Tomorrow's Hope for a Pebble-Bed Nuclear Reactor -- 24: Hydrogeology and Nuclear Energy -- Part IV: Fission: Gen Iv Reactor Technology -- 25: Introduction to Generation-IV Fission Reactors -- 26: The Very High Temperature Reactor -- 27: Supercritical Water Reactor -- 28: The Potential Use of Supercritical Water-Cooling in Nuclear Reactors -- 29: Generation-IV Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor -- 30: Generation-IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) -- Part V: Thermonuclear Fusion -- 31: Historical Origins and Development of Fusion Research -- 32: Plasma Physics and Engineering -- 33: Fusion Technology -- 34: ITER-An Essential and Challenging Step to Fusion Energy -- 35: Power Plant Projects -- 36: Safety and Environmental Features -- 37: Inertial Fusion Energy Technology -- 38: Hybrid Nuclear Reactors -- 39: Fusion Maintenance Systems -- 40: Fusion Economics -- Part VI: Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions -- 41: Development of Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction Research -- 42: Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: A Three-Stage Historical Perspective -- 43: Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: Transmutations -- 44: Widom-Larsen Theory: Possible Explanation of LENRs -- 45: Potential Applications of LENRs -- Part VII: Other Concepts -- 46: Acoustic Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion -- 47: Direct Energy Conversion Concepts -- Index
- Intro -- NUCLEAR ENERGY ENCYCLOPEDIA -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Nuclear Fission: Glossary and Acronyms -- Nuclear Fusion: Glossary and Acronyms -- PART I GENERAL CONCEPTS -- 1 Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future -- 2 Benefits and Role of Nuclear Power -- 3 Early History Of Nuclear Energy -- 4 Early Commercial Development of Nuclear Energy -- 5 Basic Concepts of Thermonuclear Fusion -- 6 Basic Concepts of Nuclear Fission -- 7 Oklo Natural Fission Reactor -- 8 Electrical Generation from Nuclear Power Plants -- 9 Nuclear Energy for Water Desalination -- 10 Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Generation -- PART II NUCLEAR FISSION -- 11 Uranium-Plutonium Nuclear Fuel Cycle -- 12 Global Perspective on Thorium Fuel -- 13 Design Principles of Nuclear Materials -- 14 Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing -- 15 Safety of Nuclear Fission Reactors: Learning from Accidents -- 16 Spent Fuel and Waste Disposal -- 17 Fission Energy Usage: Status, Trends and Applications -- PART III FISSION: BROAD APPLICATION REACTOR TECHNOLOGY -- 18 Light-Water-Moderated Fission Reactor Technology -- 19 CANDU Pressurized Heavy Water Nuclear Reactors -- 20 Graphite-Moderated Fission Reactor Technology -- 21 Status of Fast Reactors -- 22 Review of Generation-III/III+ Fission Reactors -- 23 Tomorrow's Hope for a Pebble-Bed Nuclear Reactor -- 24 Hydrogeology and Nuclear Energy -- PART IV FISSION: GEN IV REACTOR TECHNOLOGY -- 25 Introduction to Generation-IV Fission Reactors -- 26 The Very High Temperature Reactor -- 27 Supercritical Water Reactor -- 28 The Potential Use of Supercritical Water-Cooling in Nuclear Reactors -- 29 Generation-IV Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor -- 30 Generation-IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) -- PART V THERMONUCLEAR FUSION -- 31 Historical Origins and Development of Fusion Research -- 32 Plasma Physics and Engineering -- 33 Fusion Technology
- 34 ITER-An Essential and Challenging Step to Fusion Energy -- 35 Power Plant Projects -- 36 Safety and Environmental Features -- 37 Inertial Fusion Energy Technology -- 38 Hybrid Nuclear Reactors -- 39 Fusion Maintenance Systems -- 40 Fusion Economics -- PART VI LOW-ENERGY NUCLEAR REACTIONS -- 41 Development of Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction Research -- 42 Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: A Three-Stage Historical Perspective -- 43 Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: Transmutations -- 44 Widom-Larsen Theory: Possible Explanation of LENRs -- 45 Potential Applications of LENRs -- PART VII OTHER CONCEPTS -- 46 Acoustic Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion -- 47 Direct Energy Conversion Concepts -- Index