Nuclear Energy

List of contents

Introduction to nuclear fission and fusion energy technologies.- Nuclear fission energy.- Risk analyses and protection strategies for the operation of nuclear power plants.- Nuclear fuel and fuel cycle.- Radionuclides in the environment.- Controlled nuclear fusion: general aspects.- Magnetic confinement fusion: tokamak.- Magnetic confinement fusion: stellarator.- Inertial confinement fusion: laser.- Inertial confinement fusion: z-pinch.- Inertial confinement fusion: heavy ions.- Muon-catalyzed fusion (m CF).

Summary

The three volumes VIII/3A, B, C of Energy Technologies should primarily serve scientists, engineers, and students to gain information on physical, chemical, and technical properties of all technologies to provide, convert, distribute, store, and finally use energy. They are supplemented with economic background information and with specific concepts, to allow the reader a proper comparison of different energy technologies. In this way these volumes on energy technologies should help human society pave the way towards sufficient and environmentally safe provision and use of energy. The various contributions have been written by experts from all around the globe working in universities, public research institutions, and private industrial companies.

Product details

• Publisher: Springer Nature EN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2005
• EAN: 9783540428916
• ISBN: 978-3-540-42891-6
• No. of pages: 604
• Weight: 1676 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 604 p. With online files/update.
• Series: Advanced Materials and Technologies; Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Elektrotechnik, C, Energietechnik, Elektrotechnik und Energiemaschinenbau, energy systems, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Energy Grids and Networks, Energy technology & engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Physics, general, Power electronics, Electrical Power Engineering, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Mechanical Power Engineering, risk analyses