{"product_id":"nuclear-energy-encyclopedia-9780470894392","title":"Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe A-to-Z reference resource for nuclear energy information    A significant milestone in the history of nuclear technology, Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science, Technology, and Applications is a comprehensive and authoritative reference guide written by a committee of the world's leading energy experts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It may be most suited for acquisition by public rather than academic libraries, but schools and colleges will certainly find considerable value in its pages as well.”  (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSteven B. Krivit\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJay Lehr\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNuclear Fission: Glossary and Acronyms xv\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eK. Anantharaman, P.R. Vasudeva Rao, Carlos H. Casta˜no, and Roger Henning\u003c\/i\u003e) Nuclear Fusion: Glossary and Acronyms (\u003ci\u003eLester M. Waganer\u003c\/i\u003e) xix \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I GENERAL CONCEPTS\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Nuclear Energy: Past, Present, and Future 3\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJay Lehr\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Benefits and Role of Nuclear Power 7\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePatrick Moore\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Early History Of Nuclear Energy 15\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRoger Tilbrook\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Early Commercial Development of Nuclear Energy 23\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRoger Tilbrook\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Basic Concepts of Thermonuclear Fusion 31\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLaila A. El-Guebaly\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Basic Concepts of Nuclear Fission 45\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePavel V. Tsvetkov\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Oklo Natural Fission Reactor 51\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eL.V. Krishnan\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Electrical Generation from Nuclear Power Plants 57\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePavel V. Tsvetkov and David E. Ames II\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Nuclear Energy for Water Desalination 65\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSaly T. Panicker and P.K. Tewari\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Generation 71\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAlistair I. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II NUCLEAR FISSION 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Uranium-Plutonium Nuclear Fuel Cycle 79\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eShoaib Usman\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Global Perspective on Thorium Fuel 89\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eK. Anantharaman and P.R. Vasudeva Rao\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Design Principles of Nuclear Materials 101\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBaldev Raj and M. Vijayalakshmi\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing 121\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eCarlos H. Castano\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Safety of Nuclear Fission Reactors: Learning from Accidents 127\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJ.G. Marques\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Spent Fuel and Waste Disposal 151\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eClifford Singer and William R. Roy\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Fission Energy Usage: Status, Trends and Applications 159\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePavel V. Tsvetkov\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III FISSION: BROAD APPLICATION REACTOR TECHNOLOGY 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Light-Water-Moderated Fission Reactor Technology 167\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJ’Tia P. Taylor and Roger Tilbrook\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 CANDU Pressurized Heavy Water Nuclear Reactors 175\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRusi P. Taleyarkhan\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Graphite-Moderated Fission Reactor Technology 187\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePavel V. Tsvetkov\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Status of Fast Reactors 193\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBaldev Raj and P. Chellapandi\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Review of Generation-III\/III+ Fission Reactors 231\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJ.G. Marques)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Tomorrow's Hope for a Pebble-Bed Nuclear Reactor 255\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJay Lehr\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Hydrogeology and Nuclear Energy 257\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRoger Henning\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV FISSION: GEN IV REACTOR TECHNOLOGY 271\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Introduction to Generation-IV Fission Reactors 273\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHarold McFarlane\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Very High Temperature Reactor 289\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHans D. Gougar\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Supercritical Water Reactor 305\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJames R. Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Potential Use of Supercritical Water-Cooling in Nuclear Reactors 309\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDr. Igor Pioro\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Generation-IV Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor 340\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJ’Tia P. Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Generation-IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) 353\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRobert N. Hill, Christopher Grandy, and Hussein Khalil\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V THERMONUCLEAR FUSION 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Historical Origins and Development of Fusion Research 367\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eStephen O. Dean\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Plasma Physics and Engineering 371\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eFrancesco Romanelli\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Fusion Technology 389\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLester M. Waganer\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 ITER—An Essential and Challenging Step to Fusion Energy 399\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eCharles C. Baker\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Power Plant Projects 405\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLaila A. El-Guebaly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Safety and Environmental Features 413\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLee Cadwallader and Laila A. El-Guebaly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Inertial Fusion Energy Technology 413\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRokaya A. Al-Ayat, Edward I. Moses, and Rose A. Hansen\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Hybrid Nuclear Reactors 421\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJose M. Martinez-Val, Mireia Piera, Alberto Ab´anades, and Antonio Lafuente\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Fusion Maintenance Systems 435\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLester M. Waganer\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Fusion Economics 457\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLester M. Waganer\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI LOW-ENERGY NUCLEAR REACTIONS 479\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Development of Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction Research 481\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSteven B. Krivit\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: A Three-Stage Historical Perspectiv 497\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLeonid I. Urutskoev\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: Transmutations 481\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMahadeva Srinivasan, George Miley, and Edmund Storms\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Widom–Larsen Theory: Possible Explanation of LENRs 503\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJoseph M. Zawodny and Steven B. Krivit\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Potential Applications of LENRs 547\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eWinthrop Williams and Joseph Zawodny\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VII OTHER CONCEPTS 551\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Acoustic Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion 553\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRusi P. Taleyarkhan, Richard T. Lahey Jr., and Robert I. Nigmatulin\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Direct Energy Conversion Concepts 569\u003cbr\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePavel V. Tsvetkov\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 581\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402453164375,"sku":"9780470894392","price":224.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470894392.jpg?v=1730480445","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nuclear-energy-encyclopedia-9780470894392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}