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Sustainable Nuclear Power
1st Edition - December 8, 2006
Authors: Galen J. Suppes, Truman Storvick
Hardback ISBN:9780123706027
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eBook ISBN:9780080466453
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Sustainable Nuclear Power provides non-nuclear engineers, scientists and energy planners with the necessary information to understand and utilize the major advances in the field. The book demonstrates that nuclear fission technology has the abundance and attainability to provide centuries of safe power with minimal greenhouse gas generation. It also addresses the safety and disposal issues that have plagued the development of the nuclear power industry and scared planners and policy makers as well as the general public for more than two decades.
No need for a background in nuclear science! This book guides engineers, scientists and energy professionals through a concise and easy-to-understand overview of key safety and sustainability issues affecting their work.
Details the very latest information about today's safest and most energy-efficient reactor designs and reprocessing procedures.
Brings to light the fears and hesitation of using nuclear energy and explains that technologies and procedures for safe production and processing are available today.
Engineers and scientists who have not had training in nuclear engineering; administrators and legislatures seeking to understand the potential for nuclear power; engineering students
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Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Publisher Summary
Energy in Today’s World
Energy on Planet Earth
What Are the Right Questions?
Sustainable Nuclear Power
Chapter 2: The History of Energy
Publisher Summary
Energy
Nature’s Methods of Storing Energy
Man’s Interaction with Nature’s Stockpiles and Renewable Energies
The Industrial Revolution and Establishment of Energy Empires
Environmental Impact
Environmentally Responsible Nuclear Power
Chapter 3: Energy Reserves and Renewable Energy Sources
Publisher Summary
Fossil Fuel Reserves
Cosmic History of Fossil Energy Reserves
Nuclear Energy
Recent Solar Energy
Ethanol and Biodiesel from Agricultural Commodities
Emergence of Nuclear Power
Chapter 4: Emerging Fuel Technologies and Policies Impacting These Technologies
Publisher Summary
Politics of Change in the Energy Industry
Technology Emerging to What End?
Cost of Feedstock Resources
Case Study on Investment Decisions and Policy Impacts
Taxes and Social Cost
Corporate Lobbying Retrospect
Diversity as a Means to Produce Market Stability
The Details Are Important
Environmental Retrospect
Efficiency and Breakthrough Technology
Farm Commodities and Land Utilization
Global Warming
Diversity and the Role of Nuclear Power
Chapter 5: History of Conversion of Thermal Energy to Work
Publisher Summary
Use of Thermal Energy
The Concept of Work
Early Engine Designs
Turbine-Based Engines
Fuel Cells
Chapter 6: Transportation
Publisher Summary
Transportation Before Petroleum Fuels
Petroleum Fuels: Their Evolution, Specification, and Processing
Alternative Fuels
Vehicular Fuel Conservation and Efficiency
Chapter 7: Production of Electricity
Publisher Summary
History of Production
Production of Electrical Power
Chapter 8: Energy in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Publisher Summary
The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Industry
Air Conditioning
Heating
Peak Load Shifting and Storing Heat
The Role of Electrical Power in HVAC to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Example Calculations
Chapter 9: Electrical Power as Sustainable Energy
Publisher Summary
Sustainability and Electrical Power
Expanded Use of Electrical Power
Increased Use of Electrical Power in Transportation
Increased Use of Electrical Power in Space Heating
Increased Use of Electrical Power for Hot Water Heating
Topics of National Attention
Example Calculations
Recommended Reading
Chapter 10: Atomic Processes
Publisher Summary
Energies of Nuclear Processes
Chart of the Nuclides
Nuclear Decay
Conditions for Successful Nuclear Fission
Transmutation
Nuclear Fusion
Radiological Toxicology
Chapter 11: Recycling and Waste Handling for Spent Nuclear Fuel
Publisher Summary
The Nuclear Energy Industry
Recycling and Green Chemistry
Why Reprocess Spent Nuclear Fuel?
Discovery and Recovery
Reprocessing: Recovery of Unused Fuel
Waste Generation from Reprocessing
Report to Congress
Chapter 12: Nuclear Power Plant Design
Publisher Summary
Advances in Thermal Efficiency
Steam Cycles in Commercial Operation
Generation IV Nuclear Power Plants
Lessons from History
Challenges in Nuclear Power Plant Design
Chapter 13: For-Profit Industrial Drivers
Publisher Summary
Levelized Cost Approach
Capital Costs
Case Studies
Costs of Reprocessing
Advocates for Nuclear Power
Expanded Use of Nuclear Power in Residence and Commercial Applications
Approaches to Long-Term Handling of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Fuel Costs and Energy Options
Comparison to Other Studies on Economics of Nuclear Power
Concluding Comments
Index
No. of pages: 416
Language: English
Published: December 8, 2006
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780123706027
eBook ISBN: 9780080466453
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Galen J. Suppes
Galen J. Suppes is a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. He received his B.S in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1985, and his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University in 1989. He has also done Post-Doc Class Work at the University of Huston in 1991/92, and is author of over 120 documents, including peer reviewed articles, conference papers and scientific reports.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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Truman Storvick
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA