New Ways and Needs for Exploiting Nuclear Energy

• Main Authors: Sornette, Didier (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kröger, Wolfgang (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Wheatley, Spencer (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.
• Subjects: Nuclear energy.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Climate change.; Energy security.; Nuclear Energy.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Climate Change.; Energy Security.

The history of mankind is a story of ascent to unprecedented levels of comfort, productivity and consumption, enabled by the increased mastery of the basic reserves and flows of energy. This miraculous trajectory is confronted by the consensus that anthropogenic emissions are harmful and must decrea...

Table of Contents:

• Strategic Aspects of Energy
• Basics of Civilian Nuclear Fission
• Governance: Organizations and Management Issues
• Risk in Nuclear Power Operation
• Severe Accidents: Singularity of Nuclear Disasters?
• Candidate Features and Technology Options
• Potentials and Vision for the Future of Nuclear Energy.