LEADER 05106nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910784658603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-01199-1 010 $a9786611011994 010 $a0-08-049753-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364024 035 $a(EBL)297054 035 $a(OCoLC)162131491 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212644 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234928 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212644 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10139447 035 $a(PQKB)11586387 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL297054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10180467 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL101199 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC297054 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364024 100 $a20060919d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNuclear energy in the 21st century$b[electronic resource] $ethe World Nuclear University primer /$fIan Hore-Lacy 210 $aLondon $cWorld Nuclear University Press ;$aBurlington, Mass. $cElsevier$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-373622-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. Energy use; 1.1 Sources of energy; 1.2 Sustainability of energy; 1.3 Energy demand; 1.4 Energy supply; 1.5 Changes in energy demand and supply; 1.6 Future energy demand and supply; Chapter 2. Electricity today and tomorrow; 2.1 Electricity demand; 2.2 Electricity supply; 2.3 Fuels for electricity generation today; 2.4 Provision for future base-load electricity; 2.5 Renewable energy sources; 2.6 Coal and uranium compared; 2.7 Energy inputs to nuclear electricity; 2.8 Economic factors 327 $aChapter 3. Nuclear power3.1 Mass to energy in the reactor core; 3.2 Nuclear power reactors; 3.3 Uranium availability; 3.4 Nuclear weapons as a source of fuel; 3.5 Thorium as a nuclear fuel; 3.6 Accelerator-driven systems; 3.7 Physics of a nuclear reactor; Chapter 4. The "front end" of the nuclear fuel cycle; 4.1 Mining and milling of uranium ore; 4.2 The nuclear fuel cycle; 4.3 Advanced reactors; 4.4 High temperature gas-cooled reactors; 4.5 Fast neutron reactors; 4.6 Very small nuclear power plants; 4.7 Thorium cycle; Chapter 5. The "back end" of the nuclear fuel cycle; 5.1 Nuclear "wastes" 327 $a5.2 Reprocessing used fuel5.3 High-level wastes from reprocessing; 5.4 Storage and disposal of used fuel as "waste"; 5.5 Disposal of solidified wastes; 5.6 Decommissioning reactors; Chapter 6. Other nuclear energy applications; 6.1 Hydrogen for transport; 6.2 Desalination; 6.3 Marine propulsion; 6.4 Space; 6.5 Research reactors for radioisotopes; Chapter 7. Environment, health and safety issues; 7.1 Greenhouse gas emissions; 7.2 Other environmental effects; 7.3 Health and environmental effects; 7.4 Radiation; 7.5 Reactor safety; Chapter 8. Avoiding weapons proliferation 327 $a8.1 International cooperation8.2 International nuclear safeguards; 8.3 Fissile materials; 8.4 Recycling military uranium and plutonium for electricity; 8.5 Australian and Canadian nuclear safeguards policies; Chapter 9. History of nuclear energy; 9.1 Exploring the nature of the atom; 9.2 Harnessing nuclear fission; 9.3 Nuclear physics in Russia; 9.4 Conceiving the atomic bomb; 9.5 Developing the concepts; 9.6 The Manhattan Project; 9.7 The Soviet bomb; 9.8 Revival of the "nuclear boiler"; 9.9 Nuclear energy goes commercial; 9.10 The nuclear power brown-out; 9.11 Nuclear renaissance 327 $aAppendices1. Ionizing radiation and how it is measured; 2. Some radioactive decay series; 3. Environmental and ethical aspects of radioactive waste management; 4. Some useful references; Glossary; Index 330 $aThe onset of the 21st century has coincided with mounting scientific evidence of the severe environmental impact of global energy consumption. In response, governments and environmentalists on every continent have begun to re-evaluate the benefits of nuclear power as a clean, non-emitting energy resource. Today nuclear power plants operate in some 30 countries, and nuclear energy has become a safe and reliable source of one-sixth of the world's electricity. This base has the potential to be expanded widely as part of a worldwide clean-energy revolution. Nuclear Energy in the 21st Cen 606 $aNuclear energy$xStudy and teaching 606 $aNuclear power plants$xStudy and teaching 606 $aPower resources$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aNuclear energy$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aNuclear power plants$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aPower resources$xStudy and teaching. 676 $a333.7924 676 $a621.48 700 $aHore-Lacy$b Ian$01497192 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784658603321 996 $aNuclear energy in the 21st century$93722240 997 $aUNINA