There are few scientific disciplines today which do not encounter energy related
questions, problems, dilemmas and obstacles. This is because, simply put,
mankind requires water and oxygen for life and depends on energy to survive and
prosper. While there has been an endless search for new ways in which to create
energy, the manner in which the world is energized has continued to be either
hydrocarbon based, biofuel or nuclear. This reference does not address political or
socio-economic aspects of nuclear energy. It focuses firmly on scientific research
development and advances which will shape the destiny of the nuclear energy for
future generations.
Key Features of the Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia:
• Emphasizes practical applications of existing technologies, from design and maintenance, to operating and troubleshooting of nuclear energy systems and equipment
• Features concise yet complete entries, making it easy for users to find the required information quickly, without the need to search through long articles
• Covers scientific and engineering principles of nuclear energy technologies
• Documents the history of nuclear energy
• Evaluates the future nuclear energy science and technologies
• Includes end-of-the-chapter references, figures, graphs, diagrams, formulas, and photographs
| Ch. No. |
Title |
Authors |
| |
Preface |
Steven B. Krivit |
| |
Introduction |
Jay Lehr |
| |
Fission Glossary and Acronyms
|
K. Anantharaman, P.R. Vasudeva Rao, Carlos H. Castaño, Roger Henning |
| |
Fusion Glossary and Acronyms
|
Lester M. Waganer |
General Concepts
|
|
| 1 |
Nuclear Energy: Past, Present And Future
|
Jay Lehr (The Heartland Institute) |
| 2 |
Benefits and Role of Nuclear Power
|
Patrick Moore (Greenspirit) |
| 3 |
Early History of Nuclear Energy
|
Roger Tilbrook (American Nuclear Society - Nuclear News) |
| 4 |
Early Commercial Development of Nuclear Energy
|
Roger Tilbrook (American Nuclear Society - Nuclear News) |
| 5 |
Basic Concepts of Thermonuclear Fusion |
Laila A. El-Guebaly (University of Wisconsin - Madison) |
| 6 |
Basic Concepts of Nuclear Fission
|
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M University) |
| 7 |
Oklo natural fission reactor
|
L.V. Krishnan (Retired, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) |
| 8 |
Nuclear Energy for Electrical Generation
|
Pavel V. Tsvetkov and David E. Ames II (Texas A&M University) |
| 9 |
Nuclear Energy for Water Desalination
|
Saly T. Panicker and P.K. Tewari (Bhabha Atomic research Centre) |
| 10 |
Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Generation
|
Alistair I. Miller (Researcher Emeritus, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited) |
| Nuclear Fission |
|
| 11 |
Uranium-Plutonium Nuclear Fuel Cycle
|
Shoaib Usman (Missouri University of Science and Technology) |
| 12 |
Global Perspective on Thorium fuel
|
K. Anantharaman (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) and P.R. Vasudeva Rao (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) |
| 13 |
Design Principles of Nuclear Materials
|
Baldev Raj and M. Vijayalakshmi (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) |
| 14 |
Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
|
Carlos H. Castaño (Missouri University of Science and Technology) |
| 15 |
Safety of Nuclear Fission Reactors: Learning from Accidents
|
José Marques (Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear) |
| 16 |
Spent Fuel and Waste Disposal
|
Clifford Singer and William R. Roy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
| 17 |
Fission Energy Usage - Statistics and Projections
|
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M University) |
| Fission: Broad Application Reactor Technology |
|
| 18 |
Light Water Moderated Fission Reactor Technology
|
J'Tia Taylor (Argonne National Laboratory), Roger Tilbrook (American Nuclear Society - Nuclear News) |
19
|
CANDU Pressurized Heavy-Water Nuclear Reactors
|
Rusi P. Taleyarkhan (Purdue University)
|
20
|
Carbon/graphite-moderated Fission Reactor Technology
|
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M University)
|
| 21 |
Status of Fast Reactors
|
Baldev Raj and P.Chellapandi (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) |
| 22 |
Review of Generation-III/III+ Fission Reactors
|
José Marques (Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear) |
| 23 |
Tomorrows Hope For A Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor
|
Jay Lehr (The Heartland Institute) |
| 24 |
Hydrogeology and Nuclear Energy
|
Roger J. Henning |
Fission: Gen IV Reactor Technology
|
|
| 25 |
Introduction to Generation-IV Fission Reactors
|
Harold McFarlane (Idaho National Laboratory) |
| 26 |
The Very High Temperature Reactor
|
Hans D. Gougar (Idaho National Laboratory) |
| 27 |
Supercritical Water Reactor
|
James R. Wolf (Idaho National Laboratory) |
| 28 |
The Potential Use of Supercritical Water-Cooling in Nuclear Reactors
|
Igor Pioro (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) |
| 29 |
Gen-IV Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor
|
J'Tia Taylor (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| 30 |
Gen-IV Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors |
Robert N. Hill, Christopher Grandy, Hussein Khalil (Argonne National Laboratory) |
| Thermonuclear Fusion |
|
| 31 |
Historical Origins and Development of Fusion Research
|
Stephen O. Dean (Fusion Power Associates) |
| 32 |
Plasma Physics and Engineering
|
Francesco Romanelli (JET-EFDA Culham Science Center) |
| 33 |
Fusion Technology
|
Lester M. Waganer |
| 34 |
ITER – An Essential and Challenging Step to Fusion Energy
|
Charles C. Baker (Sandia National Laboratories) |
| 35 |
Power Plant Projects
|
Laila A. El-Guebaly (University of Wisconsin - Madison) |
| 36 |
Safety and Environmental Features
|
Lee Cadwallader (Idaho National Laboratory) and Laila A. El-Guebaly (University of Wisconsin - Madison) |
| 37 |
Inertial Fusion Energy Technology
|
Rokaya A. Al-Ayat; Edward I. Moses, and Rose A. Hansen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) |
| 38 |
Hybrid Nuclear Reactors |
Jose M. Martinez-Val (Institute of Nuclear Fusion-UPM), Mireia Piera (UNED, ETSII-Dp Ingenieria Energetica), Alberto Abánades (Institute of Nuclear Fusion-UPM), Antonio Lafuente (Institute of Nuclear Fusion-UPM) |
| 39 |
Fusion Maintenance Systems
|
Lester M. Waganer |
| 40 |
Fusion Economics
|
Lester M. Waganer |
| Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions |
|
| 41 |
Development of Low-Energy Nuclear Reaction Research |
Steven B. Krivit (New Energy Times) |
| 42 |
Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions: A Three-Stage Historical Perspective
|
Leonid I. Urutskoev (Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation) |
| 43 |
Low-Energy Nuclear Transmutations |
Mahadeva Srinivasan (Retired, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre), George Miley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Edmund Storms (Kivalabs) |
| 44 |
Widom-Larsen Theory: Possible Explanation of LENRs
|
Joseph. M. Zawodny (NASA) and Steven B. Krivit (New Energy Times) |
| 45 |
Potential Applications of LENRs
|
Winthrop Williams (U.C. Berkeley) and Joseph. M. Zawodny (NASA) |
| Other Concepts |
|
| 46 |
Acoustic Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion
|
Rusi P. Taleyarkhan (Purdue University,) Richard T. Lahey, Jr. (Retired, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), and R. I. Nigmatulin (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology) |
| 47 |
Direct Energy Conversion Concepts
|
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M University) |
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