This book serves as a thorough reference for students, researchers, and professionals in nuclear engineering and reactor physics, offering a detailed exploration of the core principles behind nuclear reactor theory, neutron transport, neutronic anal...Loe edasi...
This book investigates how the pillars of the Aarhus Convention and a broader understanding of transparency by Civil Society (CS) can be transposed into Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), particularly in the establishment of Radioactive Waste (RW)...Loe edasi...
Split into two volumes, volume 2 is a cultural history of technology that provides new insights into the international history of nuclear energy by examining the perspectives of six nuclear power plants host communities in Britain and Germany from t...Loe edasi...
Split into two volumes, volume 1 is a cultural history of technology that provides new insights into the international history of nuclear energy by examining the perspectives of six nuclear power plants host communities in Britain and Germany from t...Loe edasi...
Phase Change Heat Transfer covers theory and experiments in heat transfer associated with boiling and condensation. It presents the basics of solid-liquid-vapor phase interactions and methods to measure surface wettability and interfacial tension be...Loe edasi...
This book is designed to recalibrate the discussion on whether nuclear power is the best option for energy generation in the future. It emphasizes the significant differences in power generation between renewables, specifically photovoltaics and win...Loe edasi...
This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity. The first in a two-volume set, this volume is presented in two parts, covering radiation physics and natural radiation exposure....Loe edasi...
This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity. The second in a two-volume set, this volume is presented in two parts, covering its development and modern applications....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Dec-2024, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781003545026)
Coal occupies a large share in the global energy basket. This book explores coal game within the context of shifting energy geopolitics, the resource war and the debates over climate change and energy security....Loe edasi...
This book describes various technologies of hydrogen production from different sources and storage in liquid, gaseous as well as in compound forms have also been covered in detail. It also highlights the various modes of transportation of hydrogen a...Loe edasi...
Sari: River Publishers Series in Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Oct-2024, Kirjastus: River Publishers, ISBN-13: 9781003339816)
The book covers basic approaches to the nuclear fuel state of energy reactors in the last stages of the nuclear fuel cycle, these have been developed by the authors based on Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) operational experience....Loe edasi...
The book provides an overview of the key elements involved in remediating complex waste sites using the Hanford nuclear site as a case study. The book is aimed at a non-technical audience and describes the stages of remediation based on RCRA/CERCLA...Loe edasi...
This book provides a self-contained account of neutron star properties, microscopic nuclear dynamics and the recent observational developments in multimessenger astronomy....Loe edasi...
The book covers fundamental ORR reaction kinetics theories, tools, and techniques. It also explains the nano electrocatalysts for ORR made of noble, non-noble, and nanocarbon materials. Finally, the book explores the applications of PEM fuel cells a...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1977 and as second edition in 1979, this book argues that without energy sources on a vast scale our present society cannot survive. According to the author, Fred Hoyle, the technology to tap solar, wind or wave power on a la...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1979, written at a time when the world stood on the brink of (another) energy crisis, this book argued that an alternative primary fuel had to be found and that the answer lay in the exploitation of nuclear fission....Loe edasi...
The book is a comprehensive introduction to centrifugal pumps used in sodium-cooled fast reactors. It discusses the special attributes of centrifugal pumps, design features, manufacturing requirements, instrumentation, and operating experience....Loe edasi...
This book examines the energy trends and the current state of nuclear power in the Asian continent and endeavours to answer the much-deliberated question of whether Asia is witnessing a nuclear renaissance again....Loe edasi...
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering serves as an accompanying study guide for introductory, single-semester course in nuclear engineering. It is structured for general class use, alongside fundamental nuclear physics and engineering textbooks, and i...Loe edasi...
This book presents a history of radioecology, from World War II through to the critical years of the Cold War, finishing with a discussion of recent developments and future implications for the field....Loe edasi...
The text comprehensively discusses basis of mathematical modelling of the heat transfer process in a fast reactor cooled by sodium in a single volume. The text will be helpful for senior undergraduate, graduate students and academic researchers in t...Loe edasi...
This book explores an ongoing puzzle: why dont catastrophic events, such as oil shocks and nuclear meltdowns, always trigger transitions away from the energy technologies involved?...Loe edasi...
Materials Science and Fuel Technologies of Uranium and Plutonium Mixed Oxide offers a deep understanding of MOX properties for nuclear fuels that will be useful for performance evaluation. It also reviews fuel property simulation technology and an i...Loe edasi...
Technology, Human Performance, and Nuclear Facilities: A Systems Engineering Approach to Reduce Human Error provides a basic understanding of Human Error/Performance and its relation to industrial operations and advancing technologies incorporated i...Loe edasi...
The book serves as a ready reference to better analyze common engineering challenges in the areas of turbine cycle analysis, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. It covers mechanical aspects of the entire nuclear station balance-of-plant from the sour...Loe edasi...
Cold Water Oil: Offshore Petroleum Cultures is a collection of essays examining how societies conceive of fossil fuel extraction in the inhospitable but fragile waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans....Loe edasi...
This book examines the discursive formation of nuclear power in Japan. It will be of interest to students and scholars of social discourse, social movements, Japanese society, cultural studies, environmental communication, media analysis, energy and...Loe edasi...
The Theatre of Nuclear Science theoretically explores theatrical representations of nuclear science to reconsider a science that can have consequences beyond imagination....Loe edasi...
The book covers analysis techniques of common cooling water system problems and a historical perspective on solutions to chronic problems, such as corrosion and biofouling. It is intended for graduate students and practicing engineers working in nuc...Loe edasi...
This book details the historical evolution of energy, follwoing the overlapping and slow transition from one regime to another. In doing so it seeks to provide insight into future energy flows and the means of utilising sustainable energy sources to...Loe edasi...
This multilingual dictionary explains, in simple and clear language, the most frequently-used terms and expressions in the field of nuclear reactor physics and engineering, and provides translations of these terms from English into French, German, S...Loe edasi...
This book challenges conventional thinking about the role of civil nuclear power in a rapidly changing energy context where new energy carriers are penetrating markets around the world. It provides a balanced and holistic view of nuclear power for b...Loe edasi...
This work addresses ways to solve physical and engineering problems arising in the calculation, design, modeling and operation of linear induction accelerators intended for supplying relativistic microwave devices....Loe edasi...
Relativistic high-frequency electronics has now become one of the fastest growing areas of scientific research. This reference is devoted to theoretical and experimental studies of relativistic magnetrons and is written by a leading expert who worke...Loe edasi...
This book provides a guide to the complex challenge of designing, assessing, and implementing effective fossil fuel subsidy reforms. This book emphasises that subsidy reforms can contribute to all three dimensions of sustainable development objectiv...Loe edasi...
Each year billions of dollars are being spent in the area of nuclear power generation to design, construct, manufacture, operate, and maintain various types of systems around the globe. Many times these systems fail due to safety, reliability, human...Loe edasi...
Written by one of the original MARSSIM authors, this second edition incorporates all of the requisite technical aspects of planning and executing radiological surveys in support of decommissioning. It covers survey instrumentation, detection sensiti...Loe edasi...
Nuclear Thermal Hydraulic Systems provides a comprehensive approach to nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics, reflecting the latest technologies, reactor designs, and safety considerations....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Jun-2019, Kirjastus: Apple Academic Press Inc., ISBN-13: 9780429265099)
This new volume, Sustainable Biofuel and Biomass: Advances and Impacts, provides an abundance of in-depth information on many types of biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass and also describes biomass sources and their availability for biofuel produc...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1987. This book examines industry regulation, siting of nuclear facilities, and the alleged secretiveness of the industry and provides much important original research. It focuses in particular on the political processes whic...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1984. This annotated bibliography is a starting point for information on the issue of nuclear power. Arranged for easy use into three sections, Pro-Nuclear, Anti-Nuclear, and Neutral, the book cites over a hundred books on th...Loe edasi...
