Overview
- Written by one of the world-leading specialists in reactor physics and safety
- Most comprehensive book on nuclear fission technology, new safety concepts and waste disposal
- Complete description and evaluation of nuclear fission power generation
- Covers the whole nuclear fuel cycle, from the extraction of natural uranium, uranium conversion and enrichment up to the fabrication of fuel elements
- Description of the different fuel cycle options
- Presents viable solutions for safe and long-term storage of nuclear waste
- Recently developed new safety concepts for fission reactors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Power Systems (POWSYS)
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“Kessler, a reactor physics and safety specialist based in Germany, thoroughly covers the subject of nuclear fission energy, including up-to-date developments worldwide, the fuel supply chain, the physics of different types of reactors, and a detailed discussion on safety with a major focus on light water reactors. … This comprehensive book, part of Springer’s ‘Power Systems’ series, is useful to advanced students, researchers, and professionals in nuclear energy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” (M. Alam, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), August, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable and Safe Nuclear Fission Energy
Book Subtitle: Technology and Safety of Fast and Thermal Nuclear Reactors
Authors: Günter Kessler
Series Title: Power Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11990-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-11989-7Published: 08 May 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44099-1Published: 11 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-11990-3Published: 08 May 2012
Series ISSN: 1612-1287
Series E-ISSN: 1860-4676
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 466
Topics: Nuclear Energy, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering