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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813941203321

Autore

Miley George H (George Hunter), <1933->

Titolo

Life at the center of the energy crisis : a technologist's search for a black swan / / George H. Miley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Hackensack] N.J., : World Scientific, c2013

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

1-299-46264-2

981-4436-50-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 213 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

621.48092

B

Soggetti

Nuclear engineers - United States

Nuclear energy - Research - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early days and searching for a starting path -- Burnable poison control for nuclear submarine reactors -- Nuclear pulse propagation and fission reactor kinetics -- Nuclear pumped laser (NPL) research -- Direct electron beam pumped laser -- Advanced lasers -- Alpha particle effects in thermonuclear fusion devices -- Alternate fusion concepts -- Advanced fuel fusion and direct energy conversion -- Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) -- Inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion -- Low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) -- Hydrogen economy and fuel cells -- Fusion propulsion and space colonization -- Nuclear batteries -- Computation and theory -- Nuclear power plant safety board and Illinois low-level waste site -- Teaching, education, and university administration -- Creation of a small company, NPL Associates, Inc -- Where am I in the search? What have I found? -- Concluding comments.

Sommario/riassunto

Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan describes the story of the author's work and struggles in the field of energy research. The author's experience in the field spans



from work with Admiral Rickover and the Nuclear Navy to research with NASA designing propulsion for spacecraft to travel to Mars. The book provides insights into the differences between nuclear research done during the Cold War by the two superpowers, and offers a commentary on the flaws in each system with hope for change in the future. The book also provides a look into the developm