Plutonium How Nuclear Power's Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare /

• Main Authors: von Hippel, Frank (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Takubo, Masafumi (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kang, Jungmin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Physics.; Energy.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear chemistry.; Science-Social aspects.; Popular Science in Physics.; Popular Science in Energy.; Nuclear Energy.; Nuclear Chemistry.; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.

This book provides a readable and thought-provoking analysis of the issues surrounding nuclear fuel reprocessing and fast-neutron reactors, including discussion of resources, economics, radiological risk and resistance to nuclear proliferation. It describes the history and science behind reprocessin...