ilość książek w kategorii: 1213
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Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Toward Zero Release of Radioactive Wastes
ISBN: 9780080441733 / Angielski / Twarda / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is a collection of the papers presented at the International Seminar on Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems toward Zero Release of Radioactive Wastes, which was held in Japan in November 2000. Scientists and engineers working in academia, research organizations and industry came together to discuss the role and contributions of nuclear energy to the environmental issues in the new millennium. It provided a forum for open discussions about the pursuit of solutions for the reduction of nuclear wastes based on the accelerator and fusion technologies, in addition to the advanced...
This volume is a collection of the papers presented at the International Seminar on Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems toward Zero Release of Radioactive...
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1512,76 zł |
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The Future of Nuclear Power
ISBN: 9780080444895 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the last century, nuclear power has been established as a reliable source of energy in the major industrialised countries. It has recently enjoyed a revival in attention and research due to the environmental concerns surrounding current conventional energy sources. Issues of regulation and safety are at the forefront of all discussions involving nuclear power, and will govern its place in the future. The Future of Nuclear Power takes a technical and comprehensive look at the current and future status of nuclear power throughout the world. The 17 chapters are divided... During the last century, nuclear power has been established as a reliable source of energy in the major industrialised countries. It has recently e... |
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773,81 zł |
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Sustainable Nuclear Power
ISBN: 9780123706027 / Angielski / Twarda / 393 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainable Nuclear Power provides non-nuclear engineers, scientists and energy planners with the necessary information to understand and utilize the major advances in the field. The book demonstrates that nuclear fission technology has the abundance and attainability to provide centuries of safe power with minimal greenhouse gas generation. It also addresses the safety and disposal issues that have plagued the development of the nuclear power industry and scared planners and policy makers as well as the general public for more than two decades.
Sustainable Nuclear Power provides non-nuclear engineers, scientists and energy planners with the necessary information to understand and utilize the ...
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539,52 zł |
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Stellarator and Heliotron Devices
ISBN: 9780195078312 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This monograph describes plasma physics for magnetic confinement of high temperature plasmas in nonaxisymmetric toroidal magnetic fields or stellarators. The techniques are aimed at controlling nuclear fusion for continuous energy production. While the focus is on the nonaxisymmetric toroidal field, or heliotron, developed at Kyoto University, the physics applies equally to other stellarators and axisymmetric tokamaks. The author covers all aspects of magnetic confinement, formation of magnetic surfaces, magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability, single charged particle confinement,...
This monograph describes plasma physics for magnetic confinement of high temperature plasmas in nonaxisymmetric toroidal magnetic fields or stellarato...
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2046,29 zł |
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Quantum Chromodynamics: High Energy Experiments and Theory
ISBN: 9780198505723 / Angielski / Twarda / 562 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions. It places equal weight on the theoretical foundations and experimental tests of the theory. Although the experimental chapters focus on recent measurements, the subject is placed into historical perspective by also summarizing the steps which lead to the formulation of QCD. Measurements are discussed as they were performed by the LEP experiments at CERN, or at hadron-hadron and lepton colliders such as the TEVATRON at Fermilab and HERA at investigations of the non-abelian structure of the...
This book provides an introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), the theory of strong interactions. It places equal weight on the theoretical found...
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1192,61 zł |
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Low Frequency Scattering
ISBN: 9780198536789 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to unify the theories of acoustic, electromagnetic, and elastic waves and discuss the many physical and geometric aspects of their interactions with obstacles. It offers a complete introduction to scattering theory, and discusses low frequency scattering in particular. A significant number of results are previously unpublished, and this book fills many gaps in the existing literature. Included is an extended bibliography covering the whole existing literature on low frequency scattering, making this an invaluable reference for researchers.
This is the first book to unify the theories of acoustic, electromagnetic, and elastic waves and discuss the many physical and geometric aspects of th...
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1967,81 zł |
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Radiation Trapping in Atomic Vapours
ISBN: 9780198538660 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Radiation can be absorbed and re-emitted many times in atomic vapors before it reaches the boundaries of the container encasing the vapor. This effect is known as radiation trapping. It plays an important role practically everywhere atomic vapors occur, whether in spectroscopy, gas lasers, atomic line filters, the determination of atomic lifetimes, measurements of atomic interaction potentials, or electric discharge lamps. This book is the first to assemble all of the information necessary to handle practical problems related to radiation trapping, and it emphasizes both physical insights and...
Radiation can be absorbed and re-emitted many times in atomic vapors before it reaches the boundaries of the container encasing the vapor. This effect...
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1192,61 zł |
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Advanced Diagnostics for Magnetic and Inertial Fusion
ISBN: 9780306472978 / Angielski / Twarda / 433 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Diagnostics for Magnetic and Inertial Fusion, held September 3-7, 2001 at Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy. This volume focuses on future diagnostic requirements for fusion energy research emphasizing advanced diagnostics, new techniques and areas where further progress is required. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Diagnostics for Magnetic and Inertial Fusion, held September 3-7, 2001 at Villa Monastero, ... |
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613,11 zł |
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Mr. Atomic Energy: Congressman Chet Holifield and Atomic Energy Affairs, 1945-1974
ISBN: 9780313262449 / Angielski / Twarda / 467 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dubbed "Mr. Atomic Energy" by Congressional colleagues and friends in recognition of his 28 years as a member and 10 years as House leader of the House-Senate Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE), Democratic Congressman Chet Holifield of California's 19th Congressional District served 32 years in Congress, from 1943 through 1974, and was a powerful figure in atomic energy matters. This first biography of Holifield, in chronicling the Congressman's significant role in the development and course of U.S. atomic energy programs and policies, also serves as a history of the formative period of...
Dubbed "Mr. Atomic Energy" by Congressional colleagues and friends in recognition of his 28 years as a member and 10 years as House leader of the Hous...
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602,61 zł |
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The Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island
ISBN: 9780393324693 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By 6:00 a.m. on the morning of March 28, 1979, the reactor core at Three Mile Island was thirty minutes away from a meltdown, an apocalypse that would render a huge swath of eastern Pennsylvania permanently uninhabitable. The control room crew, overwhelmed by flashing alarms and klaxon horns, is at a loss. The memo that would have warned them was never sent.
Originally published in 1982, this factual, riveting thriller was the first account of the accident based on exclusive interviews with key operating personnel. Mike Gray, author of The China Syndrome, and Ira Rosen, former... By 6:00 a.m. on the morning of March 28, 1979, the reactor core at Three Mile Island was thirty minutes away from a meltdown, an apocalypse that would...
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102,90 zł |
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The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry
ISBN: 9780415269704 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering the development of the atomic industry in the former Soviet Union, this title deals with the activities of production facilities, research institutes and design bureaus involved in the design and manufacture of equipment and materials of atomic science and engineering, but primarily in the construction of atomic weapons.
Covering the development of the atomic industry in the former Soviet Union, this title deals with the activities of production facilities, research in...
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907,23 zł |
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Emerging Demands for the Safety of Nuclear Power Operations: Challenge and Response
ISBN: 9780415328340 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Technological and social aspects of industrial safety come under the scrutiny of scientists and engineers from an array of backgrounds. This is the third publication developed from a very fruitful, longstanding cooperation between the Institute of Social Research within the Institute of Nuclear Safety System in Japan, and the Research Center Systems Safety, Berlin University of Technology. The book presents a cross-disciplinary, state-of-the-art look at the latest human factors developments in the industry, with wider applications for the entire industrial sector. Expert contributors explore...
Technological and social aspects of industrial safety come under the scrutiny of scientists and engineers from an array of backgrounds. This is the th...
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907,23 zł |
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Nuclear Reactor Analysis
ISBN: 9780471223634 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Classic textbook for an introductory course in nuclear reactor analysis that introduces the nuclear engineering student to the basic scientific principles of nuclear fission chain reactions and lays a foundation for the subsequent application of these principles to the nuclear design and analysis of reactor cores. This text introduces the student to the fundamental principles governing nuclear fission chain reactions in a manner that renders the transition to practical nuclear reactor design methods most natural. The authors stress throughout the very close interplay between the nuclear...
Classic textbook for an introductory course in nuclear reactor analysis that introduces the nuclear engineering student to the basic scientific princi...
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1193,16 zł |
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Atom-Photon Interactions : Basic Processes and Applications
ISBN: 9780471293361 / Angielski / Miękka / 678 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This analysis of the physical phenomena resulting from the interactions between atoms and photons discusses different theoretical approaches which have up to now been dispersed in more specialized works. The book covers perturbative methods, resolved methods, master equations, Langevin equation, optical Bloch equations and dressed atom methods.
This analysis of the physical phenomena resulting from the interactions between atoms and photons discusses different theoretical approaches which hav...
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530,60 zł |
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Radioisotope Gauges for Industrial Process Measurements
ISBN: 9780471489993 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Detailing both the background physics and the industrial applications of gamma radiation for industrial measurement purposes, this text presents the basics of applied radiation physics in a manner suitable for non-physicists with an emphasis on industrial uses and applications. Radioisotope Gauges for Industrial Process Measurements offers a comprehensive overview of the subject for radiation physics, radiation detectors, and radiation measurement, to industrial application using such measurement systems. The book enables those working in industry to grasp the fundamentals necessary for the...
Detailing both the background physics and the industrial applications of gamma radiation for industrial measurement purposes, this text presents the b...
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844,05 zł |
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The Scientific and Regulatory Basis for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
ISBN: 9780471960904 / Angielski / Twarda / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The disposal of radioactive waste is a serious problem curbing the future use of nuclear power. This study addresses the key technical, social and political arguments, and offers an up-to-date picture of the radioactive waste disposal techniques currently available. The topics addressed include regulatory criteria, types of waste, the selection and evaluation of geological disposal media, the use of underground research laboratories, the movement of radionuclides in the biosphere, repository performance assessment tools and approaches, the disposal of other types of waste products, and the...
The disposal of radioactive waste is a serious problem curbing the future use of nuclear power. This study addresses the key technical, social and pol...
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1652,97 zł |
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Mobilizing Against Nuclear Energy
ISBN: 9780520078130 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past two decades young people, environmentalists, church activists, leftists, and others have mobilized against nuclear energy. Anti-nuclear protest has been especially widespread and vocal in Western Europe and the United States. In this lucid, richly documented book, Christian Joppke compares the rise and fall of these protest movements in Germany and the United States, illuminating the relationship between national political structures and collective action. He analyzes existing approaches to the study of social movements and suggests an insightful new paradigm for research in this...
In the past two decades young people, environmentalists, church activists, leftists, and others have mobilized against nuclear energy. Anti-nuclear pr...
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267,96 zł |
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Atomic and Ion Collisions in Solids and at Surfaces: Theory, Simulation and Applications
ISBN: 9780521020305 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an introduction to the application of computer simulation and theory in the study of the interaction of energetic particles (1 ev to the MeV range) with solid surfaces. The authors describe methods that are applicable both to hard collisions between nuclear cores of atoms down to soft interactions, where chemical effects or long-range forces dominate. The range of potential applications of the technique is enormous. In surface science, applications include surface atomic structure determination using ion scattering spectroscopy or element analysis using SIMS or other techniques...
This book is an introduction to the application of computer simulation and theory in the study of the interaction of energetic particles (1 ev to the ...
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160,04 zł |
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The Nuclear Peninsula
ISBN: 9780521041799 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Françoise Zonabend describes how those working there, and living nearby, reconcile themselves to the possibility of nuclear catastrophe. By analyzing work practices and language, the author provides a superb sociology of the nuclear workplace, with its divisions and hierarchies, and explains the often unexpected responses of the workers to the fear of contamination. This is a major contribution to the anthropology of modern life.
A quiet French country district is the site of a nuclear waste processing plant. Françoise Zonabend describes how those working there, and living...
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186,73 zł |
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An Introduction to Gauge Theories and Modern Particle Physics: Vol 1
ISBN: 9780521468404 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a comprehensive and unified treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics aimed at beginning graduate students. The emphasis throughout is on presenting underlying physical principles in a simple and intuitive way. In 1983, researchers detected the existence of W and Z bosons and many new results have followed. This is the first graduate-level textbook to deal with the "second generation" of particle physics after 1983. 3pi]Features of this edition include: A detailed discussion of higher order electroweak effects; an expanded discussion of quark mixing;...
This book is a comprehensive and unified treatment of modern theoretical and experimental particle physics aimed at beginning graduate students. The e...
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437,55 zł |