Nuclear Power: Past, Present and Future

ISBN-13: 9781643278438 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 80 str.

David Elliott

Spis treści

• 1. Introduction: the nuclear vision - 1.1 Nuclear energy: uranium in a bucket
• 1.2 Atoms for peace
• 1.3 The rise and fall of nuclear
• 1.4 On to Generation IV? // 2. Nuclear innovation: the early days - 2.1 Early US experiments
• 2.2 Thorium reactors and fast breeders
• 2.3 Generation IV design parameters and constraints // 3. New brooms - 3.1 Back to Breeders- and thorium
• 3.2 Small is beautiful
• 3.3 Reactor choices and progress // 4. Nuclear power revisited - 4.1 A review of the prospects for new nuclear
• 4.2 What long term future for nuclear?
• 4.3 Conclusions: the way ahead
• Afterword: insider views
• Appendix: Nuclear and Renewables compared