Sustainable Nuclear Power

Suppes, Galen J./ Storvick, Truman

Academic Press（2006/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 416 p.／サイズ 100 illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780123706027
• DDC分類 333.792

基本説明

Brings together the experience of two active and experienced engineers to present the technical side of nuclear power as a safe, abundant, and sustainable energy source which should be utilized to fulfill our energy needs.

Full Description

Sustainable Nuclear Power provides non-nuclear engineers, scientists and energy planners with the necessary information to understand and utilize the major advances in the field. The book demonstrates that nuclear fission technology has the abundance and attainability to provide centuries of safe power with minimal greenhouse gas generation. It also addresses the safety and disposal issues that have plagued the development of the nuclear power industry and scared planners and policy makers as well as the general public for more than two decades.

Contents

Chapter 1Chapter 2: The History of EnergyChapter 3: Energy Reserves and Renewable Energy SourcesChapter 4: Emerging Fuel Technologies and Policies Impacting These TechnologiesChapter 5: History of Conversion of Thermal Energy to WorkChapter 6: TransportationChapter 7: Production of ElectricityChapter 8: Energy in Heating, Ventilation, and Air ConditioningChapter 9: Electrical Power as Sustainable EnergyChapter 10: Atomic ProcessesChapter 11: Recycling and Waste Handling for Spent Nuclear FuelChapter 12: Nuclear Power Plant DesignChapter 13: For-Profit Industrial DriversIndex