How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor

• Main Author: Tucker, Colin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Popular Science,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Power electronics.; Energy.; Popular Science in Physics.; Nuclear Energy.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Popular Science in Energy.
• Physical Description: XVII, 264 p. 131 illus., 122 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030338763
• ISSN: 2626-6113
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33876-3

Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This 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 the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of reactors and what can go wrong with them. Much of this is seen from the viewpoint of a trainee operator on a Pressurised Water Reactor - the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world. Colin Tucker has spent the last thirty years keeping reactors safe. Join him on a tour that is the next best thing to driving a nuclear reactor yourself!