Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes

Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes, Eighth Edition, provides essential information on basic nuclear physics, systems and the applications of nuclear energy. It comprehensively covers Basic Concepts, Radiation and Its Uses, and Nuclear Power, providing students with a broad view of nuclear energy and science in a fast-paced format that features updated, timely content on topics of new and growing importance to current and future nuclear professionals, such as tritium-powered betavoltaic integrated circuit chips, the modulation of radioactive decay constant due to solar activity, Monte Carlo radiation transport calculations and accelerator-driven systems. This book is an essential resource for any first course on nuclear energy and systems. Contains coverage of timely topics, such as the connection between hydraulic fracturing (fracking), radioactivity and nuclear forensicsCovers the TerraPower traveling wave reactor, the first ever FDA approved drug for the treatment of acute radiation injury, and moreDescribes the industry response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including FLEX in the U.S.Includes more worked examples and end of chapter exercises INDICE: 1. Introduction - Material Dependence2. Resource Consumption and its Drivers3. The Material Life Cycle4. End of First Life - A Problem or a Resource?5. The Long Reach of Legislation6. Eco-data - Values, Sources, Precision7. Eco-audits and Eco-audit Tools8. Case Studies: Eco-audits9. Material Selection Strategies10. Eco-informed Materials Selection11. Sustainability: Living Within Our Means12. Materials for Low-Carbon Power13. Material Efficiency14. The Bigger Picture: Future Options15. Material Profiles; Appendix - Useful Numbers and Conversions

• ISBN: 978-0-12-812881-7
• Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 608
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés