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Nuclear power : past, present and future
Title
Nuclear power : past, present and future / David Elliott.
ISBN
9780750351522
9780750351515
9780750351508
9780750351539
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Biographical / Historical Note
David Elliott BSc, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University. Prof. Elliott has written extensively on sustainable energy policy, including several books and a blog for Physics World. He is the editor of the long-established journal Renew, and the IOP Book Series in Renewable and Sustainable Power.
Summary
Alongside renewables, nuclear power is often promoted as a viable energy option for major expansion in the future. However, it faces significant problems. Taking a critical approach towards the ongoing viability of nuclear energy solutions, this research and reference text contextualises the vices and virtues of fusion and fission against the rapidly expanding area of renewables and the challenge of climate change, in order to assess the future viability of nuclear power.
Variant and related titles
IOP ebooks.
Other formats
Also available in print.
Print version:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 15, 2022
Series
[IOP release $release]
IOP ebooks. [2022 collection]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience
Researchers and postgraduate students in areas of nuclear power and nuclear energy. The book will be valuable supplementary reading for Master's courses in these subjects.
Contents
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 power
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. What next?
2.4. Design parameters, choices, and constraints
3. New brooms-in the 2000s
3.1. Back to breeders
and thorium
3.2. Small is beautiful
SMRs
3.3. Reactor choices and prospects
4. Progress in the 2020s
4.1. SMRs move ahead tentatively
4.2. ANT
a wider range
4.3. Fusion expectations
4.4. The prospects for advanced nuclear power
5. Nuclear power revisited
5.1. A review of the prospects for new nuclear technologies
5.2. Carbon intensity, materials, and land use
5.3. Nuclear and renewables
5.4. What long-term future for nuclear power?
6. Conclusions : the way ahead
6.1. The issues ahead
6.2. Choices ahead
6.3. An end to nuclear?
Appendix 1. Public opposition to nuclear power
Appendix 2. Nuclear and renewables
the basics compared.
Subjects
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Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
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