Plutonium How Nuclear Power's Dream Fuel Became a Nightmare /
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...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1 Overview
- 2 The dream: a future powered by plutonium
- 3 Civilian plutonium separation and nuclear-weapon proliferation
- 4 Continuation of plutonium separation without breeder reactors
- 5 A much worse accident that almost happened in Fukushima: A fire in a dense-packed spent fuel pool
- 6 Early dry-cask storage: A safer alternative to dense-packed pools and reprocessing
- 7 Deep disposal of spent fuel without reprocessing
- 8 The case for a ban on reprocessing
- Bibliography
- Index. .