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  • Energy from Nuclear Fission

    An Introduction

    by Enzo De Sanctis, Stefano Monti, Marco Ripani ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides an overview on nuclear physics and energy production from nuclear fission. It serves as a readable and reliable source of information for anyone who wants to have a well-balanced opinion about exploitation of nuclear fission in power plants.The text is divided into two parts; the first covers the basics of nuclear forces and properties of nuclei, nuclear collisions, nuclear ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Maxwell Irvine ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the term 'nuclear power' causes anxiety in many people and there is confusion concerning the nature and extent of the associated risks. Here, Maxwell Irvine ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Fast Spectrum Reactors

    Edited by Donald R. Todd, Alan E. Waltar, Pavel V. Tsvetkov ...
    This book is a complete update of the classic 1981 FAST BREEDER REACTORS textbook authored by Alan E. Waltar and Albert B. Reynolds, which , along with the Russian translation, served as a major reference book for fast reactors systems. Major updates include transmutation physics (a key technology to substantially ameliorate issues associated with the storage of high-level nuclear waste ), ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

  • Nuclear Principles in Engineering

    by Tatjana Jevremovic ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Nuclear engineering plays an important role in various industrial, health care, and energy processes. Modern physics has generated its fundamental principles. A growing number of students and practicing engineers need updated material to access the technical language and content of nuclear principles."Nuclear Principles in Engineering, Second Edition" is written for students, engineers, physicians ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Supercritical-Pressure Light Water Cooled Reactors

    Edited by Yoshiaki Oka, Hideo Mori ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book focuses on the latest reactor concepts, single pass core and experimental findings in thermal hydraulics, materials, corrosion, and water chemistry. It highlights research on supercritical-pressure light water cooled reactors (SCWRs), one of the Generation IV reactors that are studied around the world. This book includes cladding material development and experimental findings on heat ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Thorium Energy for the World

    Proceedings of the ThEC13 Conference, CERN, Globe of Science and Innovation, Geneva, Switzerland, October 27-31, 2013

    Edited by Jean-Christophe de Mestral, Yacine Kadi, Jean-Pierre Revol, Maurice Bourquin, Karel Samec, Egil Lillestol ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The Thorium Energy Conference (ThEC13) gathered some of the world’s leading experts on thorium technologies to review the possibility of destroying nuclear waste in the short term, and replacing the uranium fuel cycle in nuclear systems with the thorium fuel cycle in the long term. The latter would provide abundant, reliable and safe energy with no CO2 production, no air pollution, and minimal ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors

    Supercritical-Pressure Light Water Cooled Reactors

    by Yoshiaki Oka, Seiichi Koshizuka, Yuki Ishiwatari, Akifumi Yamaji ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Super Light Water Reactors and Super Fast Reactors provides an overview of the design and analysis of nuclear power reactors. Readers will gain the understanding of the conceptual design elements and specific analysis methods of supercritical-pressure light water cooled reactors. Nuclear fuel, reactor core, plant control, plant stand-up and stability are among the topics discussed, in addition to ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • Advances in Light Water Reactor Technologies

    Edited by Takehiko Saito, Junichi Yamashita, Yuki Ishiwatari, Yoshiaki Oka ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Advances in Light Water Reactor Technologies focuses on the design and analysis of advanced nuclear power reactors. This volume provides readers with thorough descriptions of the general characteristics of various advanced light water reactors currently being developed worldwide. Safety, design, development and maintenance of these reactors is the main focus, with key technologies like full MOX ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Physics of Nuclear Reactors

    by Serge Marguet ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This comprehensive volume offers readers a progressive and highly detailed introduction to the complex behavior of neutrons in general, and in the context of nuclear power generation. A compendium and handbook for nuclear engineers, a source of teaching material for academic lecturers as well as a graduate text for advanced students and other non-experts wishing to enter this field, it is based on ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • Neutron Fluctuations

    A Treatise on the Physics of Branching Processes

    by Imre Pazsit, Lenard Pal ...
    The transport of neutrons in a multiplying system is an area of branching processes with a clear formalism. Neutron Fluctuations presents an account of the mathematical tools used in describing branching processes, which are then used to derive a large number of properties of the neutron distribution in multiplying systems with or without an external source. In the second part of the book, the ... Read more

    $202.49 USD

  • Plasma Physics for Controlled Fusion

    by Kenro Miyamoto ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This new edition presents the essential theoretical and analytical methods needed to understand the recent fusion research of tokamak and alternate approaches. The author describes magnetohydrodynamic and kinetic theories of cold and hot plasmas in detail. The book covers new important topics for fusion studies such as plasma transport by drift turbulence, which depend on the magnetic ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Tokamak Engineering Mechanics

    by Yuntao Song, Weiyue Wu, Shijun Du ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Tokamak Engineering Mechanics offers concise and thorough coverage of engineering mechanics theory and application for tokamaks, and the material is reinforced by numerous examples. Chapter topics include general principles, static mechanics, dynamic mechanics, thermal fluid mechanics and multiphysics structural mechanics of tokamak structure analysis. The theoretical principle of the design and ... Read more

    $143.09 USD