Atomic Fuel
Author | : John F. Hogerton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Nuclear fuels |
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Author | : John F. Hogerton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Nuclear fuels |
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Author | : John F. Hogerton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Combustibles nucleares |
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Author | : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1968 |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1974 |
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Author | : Arthur L. Singleton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Nuclear fuels |
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Author | : Nicholas Tsoulfanidis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Nuclear energy |
ISBN | : 9780894484605 |
Author | : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Nuclear energy |
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Author | : Richard Martin |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2012-05-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0230341918 |
A riveting look at how an alternative source of energy is revoluntionising nuclear power, promising a safe and clean future for millions, and why thorium was sidelined at the height of the Cold War In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic weapons, won out over its more pacific sister element, relegating thorium to the dustbin of science. Now, as we grapple with the perils of nuclear energy and rogue atomic weapons, and mankind confronts the specter of global climate change, thorium is re-emerging as the overlooked energy source as a small group of activists and outsiders is working, with the help of Silicon Valley investors, to build a thorium-power industry. In the first book mainstream book to tackle these issues, Superfuel is a story of rediscovery of a long lost technology that has the power to transform the world's future, and the story of the pacifists, who were sidelined in favour of atomic weapon hawks, but who can wean us off our fossil-fuel addiction and avert the risk of nuclear meltdown for ever.
Author | : Frank von Hippel |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2019-12-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9811399018 |
This book provides a readable and thought-provoking analysis of the issues surrounding nuclear fuel reprocessing and fast-neutron reactors, including discussion of resources, economics, radiological risk and resistance to nuclear proliferation. It describes the history and science behind reprocessing, and gives an overview of the status of reprocessing programmes around the world. It concludes that such programs should be discontinued. While nuclear power is seen by many as the only realistic solution to the carbon emission problem, some national nuclear establishments have been pursuing development and deployment of sodium-cooled plutonium breeder reactors, and plutonium recycling. Its proponents argue that this system would offer significant advantages relative to current light water reactor technology in terms of greater uranium utilization efficiency, and that separating out the long-lived plutonium and other transuranics from spent fuel and fissioning them in fast reactors would greatly reduce the duration of the toxicity of radioactive waste. However, the history of efforts to deploy this system commercially in a number of countries over the last six decades has been one of economic and technical failure and, in some cases, was used to mask clandestine nuclear weapon development programs. Covering topics of significant public interest including nuclear safety, fuel storage, environmental impact and the spectre of nuclear terrorism, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the issue for nuclear engineers, policy analysts, government officials and the general public. "Frank von Hippel, Jungmin Kang, and Masafumi Takubo, three internationally renowned nuclear experts, have done a valuable service to the global community in putting together this book, which both historically and comprehensively covers the “plutonium age” as we know it today. They articulate in a succinct and clear manner their views on the dangers of a plutonium economy and advocate a ban on the separation of plutonium for use in the civilian fuel cycle in view of the high proliferation and nuclear-security risks and lack of economic justification." (Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (1997-2009), Nobel Peace Prize (2005)) "The 1960s dream of a ‘plutonium economy’ has not delivered abundant low-cost energy, but instead has left the world a radioactive legacy of nuclear weapons proliferation and the real potential for nuclear terrorism. Kang, Takubo, and von Hippel explain with power and clarity what can be done to reduce these dangers. The governments of the remaining countries whose nuclear research and development establishments are still pursuing the plutonium dream should pay attention.” (Senator Edward Markey, a leader in the US nuclear-disarmament movement as a member of Congress since 1976) "The authors have done an invaluable service by putting together in one place the most coherent analysis of the risks associated with plutonium, and the most compelling argument for ending the practice of separating plutonium from spent fuel for any purpose. They have given us an easily accessible history of the evolution of thinking about the nuclear fuel cycle, the current realities of nuclear power around the world and, arguably most important, a clear alternative path to deal with the spent fuel arising from nuclear reactors for decades to centuries to come." (Robert Gallucci, Chief US negotiator with North Korea (1994); Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (1996-2009); President, MacArthur Foundation (2009-2014))
Author | : William Joseph Sweeney |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Airplanes |
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