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Title Sustainable nuclear power / editors, Galen J. Suppes, Truman S. Storvick.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 393 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Academic Press sustainable world series
Sustainable world series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents PART I -- Energy Sources and Their Potential -- Introduction -- History of Energy -- Energy Reserves and Renewable Energy Sources -- Emerging Fuel Technologies and Factors Driving Technology -- PART II -- Energy Conversion and Utilization -- History of Conversion of Thermal Energy to Work -- Transportation -- Production of Electricity -- Energy in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning -- PART III -- Energineering of Nuclear Power Processes -- Atomic Processes and Heat Transfer in Nuclear Power -- Safe Plant Design -- Recycling and Waste Handling for Spent Nuclear Fuel -- For-Profit Industrial Drivers -- References -- Appendices.
Introduction. -- The history of energy. -- Energy reserves and renewable energy sources. -- Emerging fuel technologies and policies impacting these technologies. -- History of conversion of thermal energy to work. -- Transportation. -- Production of electricity. -- Energy in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. -- Electrical power as sustainable energy. -- Atomic processes. -- Recycling and waste handling for spent nuclear fuel. -- Nuclear power plant design. -- For-profit industrial drivers.
Summary 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. In addition, the authors provide a Companion website, http://books.elsevier.com/companions, which gives access to government reports and case studies *No need for a background in nuclear science! This book guides engineers, scientists and energy professionals through a concise and easy-to-understand overview of key safety and sustainability issues affecting their work. *Details the very latest information about today's safest and most energy-efficient reactor designs and reprocessing procedures. *Brings to light the fears and hesitation of using nuclear energy and explains that technologies and procedures for safe production and processing are available today.
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Subject Nuclear engineering.
Nuclear engineering.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear power plants.
Nuclear power plants.
Power resources -- Forecasting.
Power resources -- Forecasting.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Suppes, Galen J.
Storvick, Truman S., 1928-2016.
Other Form: Print version: Sustainable nuclear power. Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006035921
ISBN 0080466451 (electronic book)
9780080466453 (electronic book)
1280728949
9781280728945
0123706025 (Cloth)
9780123706027 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)