Technology for Global Economic and Environmental Survival and Prosperity

ISBN-13: 9780306457104 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 296 str.

Behram N. Kursunogammalu; Stephan L. Mintz; Arnold Perlmutter

Opis

Contains papers from a November 1996 conference on technologies for electricity production, addressing recent developments such as creation of more efficient photovoltaic converters for electricity generation, the current and future role of natural gas in electrical power generation, and the status

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Presentations on the International Conference on Technology for the Global Economic, Environmental Survival and Prosperity; R.A. Krakowski, J.G. Martin. Global Energy Demand and Energy Security Projections in the Coming Century: Global Economy, Environment, Resources, and Population Issues: The Realities of Sustainable Development in the Twenty-First Century; W. Martin. The Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Other Features of Nuclear Power, Reaching a Public Consensus; R. Wilson. Relevance of International Consensus Policies on Alternative National Energy Strategies as Related to the Regional Needs, Environmental Impact, and Geopolitical Trends: Energy Technology Progress for Sustainable Development; D.E. Arvizu, T.E. Drennen. Education on Energy and Global Issues: The Importance of Education for Nuclear Energy; G. Clark. Global Initiatives for the Future of Nuclear Energy: The Los Alamos National Laboratory Nuclear Vision Project; E.D. Arthur, R.L. Wagner, Jr. Nuclear Technologies: Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of Malignant Brain Tumors at the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor; D.D. Joel et al. Key Issues in Nuclear Power: A World Commission on Nuclear Energy: Reasons and Purpose; P. Beck. 12 Additional Articles. Index.