| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Power systems |
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Power systems.
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| Contents |
The Development of Nuclear Energy in the World -- Nuclear Fuel Supply -- Some Basic Physics of Converters and Breeder Reactors -- Uranium Enrichment -- Converter Reactors With a Thermal Neutron Spectrum -- Breeder Reactors With a Fast Neutron Spectrum -- Technical Aspects of Nuclear Fuel Cycles -- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Options -- Minor Actinides: Partitioning, Transmutation and Incineration -- Radioactive Releases from Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Cycle Facilities During Normal Operation -- Safety and Risk of Light Water Reactors and their Fuel Cycle Facilities -- Safety Design Concept of Liquid Metal Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors (LMFBRs) |
| Summary |
Unlike existing books of nuclear reactor physics, nuclear engineering and nuclear chemical engineering this book covers a complete description and evaluation of nuclear fission power generation. It covers the whole nuclear fuel cycle, from the extraction of natural uranium from ore mines, uranium conversion and enrichment up to the fabrication of fuel elements for the cores of various types of fission reactors. This is followed by the description of the different fuel cycle options and the final storage in nuclear waste repositories. In addition the release of radioactivity under normal and possible accidental conditions is given for all parts of the nuclear fuel cycle and especially for the different fission reactor types |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Nuclear fission.
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Nuclear Fission
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
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Ingénierie.
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Nuclear fission
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783642119903 |
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3642119905 |
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