Maxwell Irvine (Manchester formerly Honorary Professor of Physics

Nuclear Power

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Nuclear power is a highly topical issue and there is widespread debate concerning future energy budgets and how to replace our dependence on fossil fuels. Here, Maxwell Irvine provides an introduction to the nature of nuclear energy, looking at the risks, the relevance of nuclear power, and the potential of nuclear fusion.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 173mm x 113mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 144g
• ISBN-13: 9780199584970
• ISBN-10: 0199584974
• Artikelnr.: 32301630

Autorenporträt

John Maxwell Irvine is formerly an honorary professor of Physics at Manchester University, and was formerly Vice Chancellor of Aberdeen University and later of Birmingham University. He is a past chairman of the Science and Engineering Council's Nuclear Physics Committee and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Inquiry into Energy Issues for Scotland. He was also a special advisor to the UK's Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:

1: A new science is born
2: A new technology is developed
3: Thermal nuclear reactors
4: Nuclear fuel reprocessing and radioactive waste management
5: Nuclear safety
6: The cost of nuclear power
7: Nuclear fusion power
8: The need for nuclear power
Appendix

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