Intro -- Author biography -- David Elliott -- Bias -- Outline placeholder -- Guide to technical terms and units -- A quick guide to key atoms… -- Figure Acknowledgements -- Personal Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction: the nuclear vision -- 1.1 Nuclear energy: uranium in a bucket -- 1.2 Atoms for peace -- 1.3 The rise and fall of nuclear power -- 1.4 On to generation IV? -- References -- Chapter 2 Nuclear innovation: the early days -- 2.1 Early US experiments -- 2.2 Thorium reactors and fast breeders -- 2.3 What next? -- 2.4 Design parameters, choices, and constraints -- References -- Chapter 3 New brooms-in the 2000s -- 3.1 Back to breeders-and thorium -- 3.2 Small is beautiful-SMRs -- 3.3 Reactor choices and prospects -- References -- Chapter 4 Progress in the 2020s -- 4.1 SMRs move ahead tentatively -- 4.2 ANT-a wider range -- 4.3 Fusion expectations -- 4.4 The prospects for advanced nuclear power -- References -- Chapter 5 Nuclear power revisited -- 5.1 A review of the prospects for new nuclear technologies -- 5.2 Carbon intensity, materials, and land use -- 5.3 Nuclear and renewables -- 5.4 What long-term future for nuclear power? -- References -- Chapter 6 Conclusions: the way ahead -- 6.1 The issues ahead -- 6.2 Choices ahead -- 6.3 An end to nuclear? -- 6.3.1 Afterword: insider views -- References -- Chapter -- Reference -- Chapter. |