{"product_id":"nuclear-power-9781119657781","title":"Nuclear Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the world's energy sources continue to develop, with less reliance on traditional fossil fuels and more reliance on cleaner, more efficient, alternative energy sources, nuclear power continues to be a dividing point for many people. Some believe it is the answer to our energy problems for the future, while others warn of the risks. Written by a retired scientist who spent most of his career at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), this book aims to delve into the issues surrounding nuclear power and dispel its myths, while building an argument for why the United States should develop a nuclear power plan for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAs a whistleblower, the author spent much of the last ten years of his career at the INL raising concerns about how its mission of serving as the Department of Energy's lead laboratory in radioactive waste management was not being properly managed. While the United States continues to tread water on the issue of nuclear energy, the author believes that\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Africa’s Especially Special Issues 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Why Everything Boils Down to Energy Inputs 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 How Much Clean Sustainable Energy Will Our Descendants Need? 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 This Book’s Technological Fix’s Specifics 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The Reasons Why Politically Correct Renewables Couldn’t Save the World 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Which Food Crops Should Our Descendants Raise and How Much Land Would That Take? 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 The Whys and Costs of Desalination 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 Fertilizers 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3.1 Nitrogen and the Cost of Fixing Enough of it to Feed Everyone 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3.2 The Reasons Why Powdered Basalt Should Supply the Phosphorous and Potassium Required to Feed Everyone 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 A Sustainable Nuclear Renaissance’s Other “Killer Apps” 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Atmospheric Carbon Sequestration 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Nuclear Powered Transportation 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Direct Electrical 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Nuclear Powered Transportation Fuel Synthesis 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 “The Age of Substitutability” 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4 Additional Apps 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Why Sustainability Requires Breeder Reactors 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Today’s More Promising Breeder Reactor Concepts 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Heavy Water Thorium Breeders 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors (LMFBRs) 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Molten Salt Reactors 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 MSFR 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 MCFR 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3 MOLTEX 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.4 Tube in Shell Thorium Breeder 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.5 LFTR (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor) 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.6 THORCON and IMSR 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.7 The Whys, Hows, and History of Sustainable Reactors 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Economics: The Main Reason that the USA’s Nuclear Power Industry is Now on the Ropes 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Generic Reactor Build Costs 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Sustainable Reactor Build Costs 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 Materials 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1.1 Concrete, Steel, etc. 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1.2 Other Metals 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1.3 Isotopically Pure Salts 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1.4 Other Materials 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1.5 Startup Fissile 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Waste Management Costs 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Waste Treatment 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Waste Disposal 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 How Do We Pay for It? 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Nuclear Establishment’s Self-Inflicted Wounds 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Refusal to Choose\/Set Rational Goals 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.1 NGNP 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.2 DOE’s Savannah River Site’s MOX Boondoggling 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.3 DOE Hanford’s Reprocessing Waste Treatment Project’s Boondoggling 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.4 DOE’s “Lead Nuclear Engineering Lab’s” Radwaste Boondoggling 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Fukushima’s “Nuclear Disaster” 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The Nuclear Industry’s LNT-Based Radiation Dose Assumptions 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Over Blown Proliferation Concerns 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 “The Damned Human Race” [196] 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Greed 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Tribalism 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Gullibility 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Laziness 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Deviousness 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Bullheadedness 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6.1 Anti Nuclear “Environmentalists” 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6.2 Hyper Secrecy 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6.3 My Own Bullheadedness 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Bullheadedness’ Consequences 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.1 INEL’s Calciner’s Off Gas “Opacity Issue” 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.2 Argonne Idaho’s IFR Waste Management Scheme 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7.3 DOE’s Radwaste Classification System 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Why the Western World’s Erstwhile Leader in Nuclear Energy Must “Embrace Change” 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Suggestions for Improvement 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Conclusions 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: Reprocessing 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix II: MSFR Isobreeder Fuel Salt Reprocessing 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix III: More Opinions about TERRAPOWER’s Reactor Concepts 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix IV: Example Additive Molar Volume Calculation 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix V: QBasic Startup Fissile Program 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix VI: A More Realistic Tube-In-Shell Thorium Breeder Reactor Startup Scenario 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix VII: Letter Sent to INEEL’s Director Circa 2001 (After “Separations” \u0026amp; Before “Steam Reforming” was the Site’s “Preferred Alternative”) 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix VIII: Letter Sent to Two of DOE’s Inspector General’s Lawyers Just after My Job Had Been Downsized for the Last Time 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix IX: Suggestions for Improving INL Reprocessing Waste Management 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix X: Greater Confinement Disposal 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix XI: How « hot » Are DOE’s High Level Wastes? 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix XII: How the Nuclear Industry’s «experts» Sometimes Mislead Us 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix XIII: Example of a Promising Concept that Needs Experimental Verification as Soon as Possible 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix XIV: INL’s Steam Reforming Process 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 279\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407111889239,"sku":"9781119657781","price":148.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119657781.jpg?v=1730498217","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nuclear-power-9781119657781","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}