Nuclear Energy - 8th Edition

Contains coverage of timely topics, such as the connection between hydraulic fracturing (fracking), radioactivity and nuclear forensics Covers the TerraPower traveling wave reactor, the first ever FDA approved drug for the treatment of acute radiation injury, and more Describes the industry response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including FLEX in the U.S. Includes more worked examples and end of chapter exercises

List of contents

1. Energy2. Atoms and Nuclei3. Radioactivity4. Nuclear Processes5. Radiation and Materials6. Fission7. Fusion8. The History of Nuclear Energy9. Particle Accelerators10. Biological Effects of Radiation11. Radiation Protection12. Radiation Detectors13. Information From Isotopes14. Useful Radiation Effects15. Isotope Separators16. Neutron Chain Reactions17. Nuclear Heat Energy18. Nuclear Power Plants19. Reactor Theory Introduction20. Time Dependent Reactor Behavior21. Reactor Safety and Security22. Nuclear Propulsion and Remote Power23. Radioactive Waste Disposal24. Nuclear Energy Future25. Breeder Reactors26. Fusion Reactors27. Nuclear Weapons

About the author

Nuclear Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, USA (deceased)Keith Holbert is the founding director of the nuclear power generation program and an associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. He joined the ASU faculty in 1989 after earning his doctorate in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee. His research expertise is in instrumentation and system diagnostics including radiation effects on sensors. Holbert has performed tests on safety-related systems in more than a dozen nuclear power plants in the United States. He has published more than 200 journal and conference papers, two textbooks and holds one patent. Holbert is a registered professional (nuclear) engineer. He is a member of the American Nuclear Society and a Senior Member of the IEEE. Holbert teaches undergraduate and graduate engineering courses on electric power generation (from all forms of energy), nuclear reactor theory and design, nuclear power plant controls and diagnostics, reactor safety analysis, and health physics and radiation measurements. He has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards.

Product details

• Authors: Keith E. Holbert, Keith E. (Associate Professor Holbert, Keith E. (Department of Electrical Holbert, Keith E. Engineer) Holbert, Holbert Keith E., Raymond Murray, Raymond (Nuclear Engineering Department Murray, Raymond L. Murray, Murray Raymond L.
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780128128817
• ISBN: 978-0-12-812881-7
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Energietechnik, Atomphysik, Atomkraftwerk, Kernreaktor, Kernenergie und Kerntechnik (Nuklearenergie, Nukleartechnik), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear, Physik / Atomphysik, Kernphysik, Hochtemperaturreaktor, Kraftwerk / Kernkraftwerk, Reaktor, Siedewasserreaktor, Brutreaktor, Kernphysik - Kern (Atomkern), Kernkraftwerk, Schneller Brüter, Nuclear power & engineering, Nuclear power and engineering