William J. Nuttall

Nuclear Renaissance (eBook, PDF)

Technologies and Policies for the Future of Nuclear Power

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Nuclear power is low carbon and reliable, but in recent years it has struggled to play a strong role in global plans for electricity generation in the 21st century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000595024
• Artikelnr.: 63986341

Autorenporträt

William Nuttall is Professor of Energy at the Open University. He is a specialist concerning the technology and policy issues of energy. He has a particular long-standing focus on matters of nuclear energy. Professor Nuttall's career started in experimental physics and this technical background informs his interests in energy and technology issues. He has been an author, or editor, of nine books and has published more than 80 journal articles. He is an experienced commentator for the media and he has offered advice to parliamentary, governmental and inter-governmental institutions. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Fellow of Hughes Hall, a college of the University of Cambridge and a Non-Resident Fellow of the Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction. Chapter 1. Beginnings. Chapter 2. Nuclear
Renaissance: Progress and Prospects. Part II. The Policy Landscape. Chapter
3. Issues in Energy Policy. Chapter 4. The Issues Facing New Nuclear Build.
Chapter 5. Nucelar Waste Management. Part III. Nucelaer Fission
Technologies. Chapter 6. Water-cooled Reactors. Chapter 7. High-temperature
Reactors. Chapter 8. Advanced Fission Technologies and Systems. Part IV.
Nuclear Fusion Technologies. Chapter 9. Fusion: An Introduction.