Nuclear Energy Principles, Practices, and Prospects /

• Main Author: Bodansky, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Nuclear engineering.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Nuclear Energy.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Nuclear Engineering.

The world faces serious difficulties in obtaining the energy that will be needed in coming decades for a growing population, especially given the problem of climate change caused by fossil fuel use. This book presents a view of nuclear energy as an important carbon-free energy option. It discusses t...

Table of Contents:

• The Motivation for Nuclear Energy
• Nuclear Power Development
• Radioactivity and Radiation Exposures
• Effects of Radiation Exposures
• Neutron Reactions
• Nuclear Fission
• Chain Reactions and Nuclear Reactors
• Types of Nuclear Reactors
• Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Nuclear Waste Disposal: Amounts of Waste
• Storage and Disposal of Nuclear Wastes
• U.S. Waste Disposal Plans and the Yucca Mountain Repository
• Policy Issues in Nuclear Waste Disposal
• Nuclear Reactor Safety
• Nuclear Reactor Accidents
• Future Nuclear Reactors
• Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Energy, and Terrorism
• Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Costs of Electricity
• The Prospects for Nuclear Energy.