Title:
Nuclear power / Paul Breeze.
Author:
Breeze, Paul A., author.
Publication Information:
London : Academic Press, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
TK9145 .B65 2017
Abstract:
Nuclear Power provides a concise, up-to-date, accessible guide to the most controversial form of power generation. The author includes a comprehensive description of the various methods for generating nuclear power and evaluates the political, strategic, environmental, economic, and emotional factors involved in each method. --Amazon.
ISBN:
9780081010433
Series:
The power generation series
Power generation series.
Physical Description:
vi, 99 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Nuclear Power -- Chapter 2. Nuclear Fuel and the Nuclear Resource -- Chapter 3. The Basics of Nuclear Power -- Chapter 4. Water-Cooled Reactors -- Chapter 5. Gas-Cooled Reactors -- Chapter 6. Breeder Reactors -- Chapter 7. Advanced Reactor Design and Small Modular Reactors -- Chapter 8. Nuclear Fission -- Chapter 9. The Environment Effects of Nuclear Power -- Chapter 10. The Cost of Electricity From Nuclear Power Stations.
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