6 edition of Nuclear Power found in the catalog.
Published
December 2003
by Capstone Press
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Written in
Edition Notes
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| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Library Binding |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL9760457M |
| ISBN 10 | 0736824731 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780736824736 |
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Nuclear Power provides a concise, up-to-date, accessible guide to the most controversial form of power generation. The author includes a comprehensive description of the various methods for generating nuclear power and evaluates the political, strategic, environmental, economic, and emotional factors involved in each method.
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An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sourcesCited by: Mar 31, · Nuclear Power: How a Nuclear Power Plant Really Works is a fun kids book with a goal to educate them about the function of a nuclear plant with a funny story of chubby rat, pretty blue bird and a smart Nuclear Power book.
The book has graphics so kids feel interested and read it/5(12). nuclear power generation, which is based on small modular reactors, and a brief description of the theoretical reactors that are expected to be built in the future.
Section four discusses the costs of building a nuclear power plant and the economic competitiveness of nuclear power. nuclear energy, the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom and released through fission, fusion, or le-jasmin-briancon.com these processes a small amount of mass is converted to energy according to the relationship E = mc 2, where E is energy, m is mass, and c is the speed of light (see relativity).The most pressing problems concerning nuclear energy are the possibility of an accident or systems.
Apr 17, · A fairly good book on the politics and technology of nuclear power. the author is quite correct to point out that problems and dangers of nuclear power are overblown by the public just as the risks of climate catastrophe are underestimated by the public.4/5.
Chapter 1 — The Future of Nuclear Power — Overview and Conclusions 1 The generation of electricity from fossil fuels, notably natural gas and coal, is a major and growing contributor to the emission of carbon dioxide – a green-house gas that contributes significantly to global warming.
We share the sci. Feb 14, · Online shopping for Nuclear Power from a great selection at Books Store.4/5. Sep 03, · Nuclear power can be safer. Despite a long history of complacency and underestimating risks, the U.S.
agency charged with nuclear power—the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)—could heed the lessons of Fukushima and improve U.S nuclear safety. Publisher Summary.
For the continuation of nuclear power, the most important requirement is the safe and efficient operation of these reactors. This chapter summarizes the principal issues associated with the operation of current generation nuclear power plant.
Book Description. Nuclear Power provides a concise, up-to-date, accessible guide to the most controversial form of power generation. The author includes a comprehensive description of the various methods for generating nuclear power and evaluates the political, strategic, environmental, economic, and emotional factors involved in each method.
Apr 06, · This is a realistic solution to humanity’s greatest problem. Plants built 30 years ago in America, as in France, produce cheap, clean electricity, and nuclear power is the cheapest source in. Nuclear safety, physics, chemistry and other study material related to Nuclear Power energy for Electrical Generation.
Benchmarking the global nuclear industry Download Design and Construction of Nuclear Power Plants Download EIA guidelines nuclear power plants Download Emergency planning for nuclear power plants Download. These realities of today's world are among the reasons that lead to serious interest in deploying nuclear power as a sustainable energy source.
Today's nuclear reactors are safe and highly efficient energy systems that offer electricity and a multitude of co-generation energy products ranging from potable water to heat for industrial applications. The Doomsday Machine: The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel is a book by Martin Cohen and Andrew McKillop which addresses a broad range of concerns regarding the nuclear industry, the economics and environmental aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear power plants, and nuclear le-jasmin-briancon.com: Martin Cohen, Andrew McKillop.
This book looks at the early history of nuclear power, at what happened next, and at its longer-term prospects. The main question is: can nuclear power overcome the problems that have emerged.
It was once touted as the ultimate energy source, freeing mankind. This book covers various topics, from thermal-hydraulic analysis to the safety analysis of nuclear power plant. It does not focus only on current power plant issues.
Instead, it aims to address the challenging ideas that can be implemented in and used for the development of future nuclear power plants. This book will take the readers into the world of innovative research and development of Cited by: 1. Nuclear power, electricity generated by power plants that derive their heat from fission in a nuclear reactor.
Except for the reactor, a nuclear power plant is similar to a large coal-fired power plant, with pumps, valves, steam generators, turbines, electric generators, condensers, and associated equipment. Sep 23, · Nuclear power is not merely an energy option for the future, geoscientist Scott L.
Montgomery writes in his new book, it is a life-saving and essential way for the world to provide energy and avoid “carbon and climate failure.” In “Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear power in the 21stCentury,” Montgomery, who is an.
The following essay is excerpted from the foreword to Keeping the Lights on at America's Nuclear Power Plants, a new book from the Hoover Institution’s Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy le-jasmin-briancon.com work is part of the task force’s Reinventing Nuclear Power research series.
Nuclear power alone will not solve our energy problems. Nuclear. Project Drawdown defines nuclear as: the electricity generation from nuclear fission in the form of Uranium as used in pressurized water reactors, a type of light-water reactor using low-enriched uranium le-jasmin-briancon.com solution replaces conventional electricity-generating technologies such as coal, oil, and natural gas power plants.Jul 19, · Many environmentalists have opposed nuclear power, citing its dangers and the difficulty of disposing of its radioactive waste.
But a Pulitzer Prize-winning author argues that nuclear is safer than most energy sources and is needed if the world hopes to radically decrease its carbon emissions.Protecting nuclear reactors and safeguarding nuclear material should be a central concern for everyone interested in nuclear power.
Unfortunately, the NRC has regularly downplayed the threat of nuclear terrorism, relaxing its requirements for security exercises in response to industry pressure to lower costs.
