Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors

Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors

Pioro, Igor

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Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors, Second Edition is a fully revised and updated comprehensive resource on the latest research and advances in generation IV nuclear reactor concepts. Editor Igor Pioro and his team of expert contributors have updated every chapter to reflect advances in the field since the first edition published in 2016. The book teaches the reader about available technologies, future prospects and the feasibility of each concept presented, equipping them users with a strong skillset which they can apply to their own work and research. Provides a fully updated, revised and comprehensive handbook dedicated entirely to generation IV nuclear reactorsIncludes new trends and developments since the first publication, as well as brand new case studies and appendicesCovers the latest research, developments and design information surrounding generation IV nuclear reactors INDICE: 1. Introduction: A survey of the status of electricity generation in the world Part One 2. Introduction: Generation IV International Forum 3. Very high-temperature reactor 4. Gas-cooled fast reactors 5. Sodium-cooled fast reactor 6. Lead-cooled fast reactor 7. Molten salt fast reactors 8. Super-critical water-cooled reactors Part Two 9. Generation IV: USA 10. Euratom research and training program in Generation-IV systems: Breakthrough technologies to improve sustainability, safety and reliability, socioeconomics, and proliferation resistance 11. Generation IV concepts: Japan 12. Generation IV concepts: USSR and Russia 13. Generation IV concepts in Korea 14. Generation IV concepts: China 15. Generation IV concepts: India Part Three 16. The safety of advanced reactors 17. Nonproliferation for advanced reactors: Political and social aspects 18. Thermal aspects of conventional and alternative fuels 19. Hydrogen cogeneration with Generation IV nuclear power plants 20. Advanced small modular reactors

  • ISBN: 978-0-12-820588-4
  • Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 1100
  • Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2022
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés