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  • Nuclear Corrosion Modeling

    The Nature of CRUD

    by Roy Castelli ...
    Corrosion in nuclear power plants cause reductions in efficiency and increases in deposit build-up on plant surfaces, making for expensive maintentance and potential radiological health hazards. This book guides studies to predict and minimize corrosion, thus making nuclear power safer and more cost effective. Too often, reliance on empirical models and on-site testing of existing plants makes ... Read more

    $206.99 USD

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  • Power to Save the World

    The Truth About Nuclear Energy

    by Gwyneth Cravens ...
    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 sources, Gwyneth Cravens skeptically sets out to find the truth about nuclear energy. Her conclusion: it is a totally viable and practical solution to global warming. In ... Read more

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  • The Physics of the Manhattan Project

    by Bruce Cameron Reed ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 3rd edition explores the challenges that faced the scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project. It gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-year undergraduate physics student by examining the details ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion

    by Jean Louis Bobin ...
    The book is a presentation of the basic principles and main achievements in the field of nuclear fusion. It encompasses both magnetic and inertial confinements plus a few exotic mechanisms for nuclear fusion. The state-of-the-art regarding thermonuclear reactions, hot plasmas, tokamaks, laser-driven compression and future reactors is given. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

    by Francis Chen ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This complete introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion by one of the pioneering scientists in this expanding field offers both a simple and intuitive discussion of the basic concepts of this subject and an insight into the challenging problems of current research. In a wholly lucid manner the work covers single-particle motions, fluid equations for plasmas, wave motions, diffusion and ... Read more

    $58.49 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

  • Superphenix

    Technical and Scientific Achievements

    by Joël Guidez, Gérard Prêle ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    For the first time a book has been written on the technological and scientific knowledge, acquired during, buiding , operation and even dismantling of the Superphenix plant. This reactor remains today the most powerful sodium fast breeder reactor operated in the world.(1200 MWe). The last fast breeder reactor operated in the world is BN 800 in Russia that reached his nominal power (800 MWe) in ... Read more

    $224.09 USD

  • Nuclear-Pumped Lasers

    by Mark Prelas ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on Nuclear-Pumped Laser (NPL) technology and provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of NPLs, a review of research in the field and exploration of large scale NPL system design and applications.Early chapters look at the fundamental properties of lasers, nuclear-pumping and nuclear reactions that may be used as drivers for nuclear-pumped lasers. The book goes on to ... Read more

    $107.09 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

  • 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