The Department of Energy (DOE) proposes under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to build facilities to begin recycling the nation's commercial spent nuclear fuel. GNEP's objectives include reducing radioactive waste disposed of in a geologic repository and mitigating the nuclear proliferation risks of existing recycling technologies.
Decommissioning nuclear facilities involves materials that may be highly radioactive and therefore require sophisticated methods of containment and remote handling. This book describes the techniques used for dismantling redundant nuclear facilities, the safe storage of radioactive wastes and the restoration of nuclear licensed sites.
Nuclear engineering has undergone extensive progress over the years. Advances in areas such as high-order discretization methods, Krylov Methods and Iteration Acceleration have steadily grown. This landmark publication addresses these topics and many more.
The evolutionary design comprises gradual development and improvements of the power plant to be deployed in future based upon the results of operational records and the implementation of the defense-in-depth and the probabilistic safety analysis. This title focuses on passive safety features and intensive means to prevent core damage.
Nuclear energy is the energy that is directly released from the atomic nucleus. The conversion of nuclear mass to energy is consistent with the mass-energy equivalence formula AE = Am.c, in which AE = energy release, Am = mass defect, and c = the speed of light in a vacuum (a physical constant). This book presents the research in the field.
Corrosion in nuclear power plants cause reductions in efficiency and increases in deposit build-up on plant surfaces, making for expensive maintenance and potential radiological health hazards. This book guides studies to predict and minimize corrosion, thus making nuclear power safer and cost effective.
Offering an overview of the field, this book provides an introduction to basic nuclear power and nuclear engineering development. Providing a historical review of nuclear reactors, it examines changes in technology and explores future directions. It describes various aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle.
After several decades of decline and disfavour, nuclear power is attracting renewed interest. New permit applications for 30 reactors have been filed in the United States, and another 150 are planned or proposed globally, with about a dozen more already under construction.
A text on basic nuclear physics, systems, and applications of nuclear energy. It presents a comprehensive overview of radioactivity, radiation protection, nuclear reactors, waste disposal, and nuclear medicine. It features facts on nuclear waste management, including the Yucca Mountain repository.
Addresses a panorama of historical and contemporary international research in nuclear materials, from Actinides to Zirconium alloys. This work synthesizes research to support the selection, assessment, validation and engineering of materials in extreme nuclear environments.
Examines the variety of international conventions used to help monitor and regulate national radioactive waste management efforts and establish international norms. This book also examines the nuclear fuel cycle, the minor actinides (MAs) which have been generated in light water reactors (LWRs) and which remain in the high-level radioactive waste.
Nuclear materials include materials relevant to nuclear fission and fusion reactors and high power accelerator technologies, and closely related aspects of materials science and engineering. This book presents research in this field which is useful for the growth and exploitation of nuclear energy.
Gathers topical research in the study of nuclear materials. This book discusses topics that include experimental studies in nuclear fuel alloys for research reactors; the removal of arsenic from ground and surface waters using lanthanides; and, simulation of fission product transport from fuel to primary coolant of PWRs.
Multi-Physics Modelling (MPM) is an innovative simulation technique that looks very promising for the employment in the field of nuclear engineering as an integrative analysis support in the design development of innovative nuclear reactors. This book presents an MPM approach to the analysis of nuclear reactor core behaviour.
The importance of the radioactive minerals occurring at the Pocos de Caldas plateau for the establishment of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Program has been recognised world-wide. This book describes many results obtained on the analysis of natural radionuclides in different compartments, considering their distribution in (un)disturbed environments.
Offers a one-semester treatment of the essentials of how the fission nuclear reactor works, the various approaches to the design of reactors, and their safe and efficient operation. This book includes a discussion of neutron reactions, including neutron kinetics and the neutron energy spectrum, as well as neutron spatial distribution.
Many contemporary uses of uranium exploit its unique nuclear properties. Uranium-235 has the distinction of being the only naturally occurring fissile isotope. Uranium-238 is both fissionable by fast neutrons, and fertile (capable of being transmuted to fissile plutonium-239 in a nuclear reactor). This book presents research in the field.
This is an authoritative compilation of information regarding methods and data used in all phases of nuclear engineering. Addressing nuclear engineers and scientists at all levels, this book provides a condensed reference on nuclear engineering since 1958.
Presents the methods and data needed to evaluate and manage the safety of nuclear facilities and related processes using risk-based safety analysis. This book provides readers with the techniques to assess the consequences of radioactive releases. It covers relevant international and regional safety criteria (US, IAEA, EUR, PUN, URD, and INI).
Nuclear reactors play a key role in 21st Century energy production. This book provides critical research in both fission and fusion energy production as well as the technology of the reactors. It also presents the role of nuclear data in Accelerator Driven Systems in order to reduce the cost for reaching a certain level of safety.
The Hanford Site, in south-eastern Washington State, is a former nuclear defence production facility. A groundwater plume containing uranium, originating from a combination of purposeful discharges of wastewater to cribs, trenches, and ponds, along with accidental leaks, has persisted beneath the Hanford Site 300 Area for many years.
A guide to understanding issues related to nuclear power. It deals with aspects such as technology, resource availability, economics, geopolitics and policies associated with nuclear power. It is suitable for those who look to understand the nature of the industry and the implications of international treaties such as the Indo-US nuclear deal.
Proponents claim that nuclear power is the only viable alternative to fossil fuels; however, in the wake of the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima power plant, the future of nuclear energy is again uncertain. Here, Andrew McKillop and Martin Cohen argue that the nuclear power dream is pure fantasy, and that its costs are simply too high.
Examines the future of nuclear power in the contexts of economics, environmental sustainability, and security of electricity supplies. This work considers a range of future technologies, illustrating the technical challenges and opportunities facing nuclear power.
Focuses on the adequacy of electricity supply and the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions on the environment that have prompted policymakers to reevaluate the role that nuclear power might play in the future in meeting the nation's demand for electricity.
Nuclear power issues have long been controversial and often discussed from an inadequate level of understanding. This book is a factual description of the whole fuel cycle which covers areas such as manufacture and use of fuel, environmental radioactivity and safety provisions.
It is an undisputed reality that the energy production and, particularly, the production of electricity and their sustained growth, constitute indispensable elements for the economic and social progress of any country. This book discusses the role of nuclear power in the world electricity generation.
Offering an introduction to Nuclear Engineering, this third edition is for junior and senior level Nuclear Engineering students. Updated with information on French, Russian, and Japanese nuclear reactors, all units have been revised to reflect standards. In addition to the numerous end-of-chapter problems, computer exercises have been added.
Questions regarding the advancement of the technology for production and regeneration of nuclear fuel and to further perfection of the nuclear fuel cycle are significant when determining the ultimate costs of electrical energy produced at nuclear power stations and for safety. This edition analyses the role of plasma and high frequency processes.
This is an authoritative compilation of information regarding methods and data used in all phases of nuclear engineering. Addressing nuclear engineers and scientists at all levels, this book provides a condensed reference on nuclear engineering since 1958.
Addresses a number of technical skills in mathematics, physics, and specific areas of nuclear engineering that will prepare the student for optimum performance in various nuclear engineering or medical physics curriculum. This book includes fundamentals in probability and statistics, ODEs, series solutions, and general differential equations.
Explores the topic of nuclear power in the United States. This book compares the cost of two-fuel cycle alternatives for the current generation of thermal reactors - one alternative being direct disposal, and the other reprocessing. It includes analyses of the potential effect of the tax credit for nuclear power provided by the Energy Policy.
A electric glow discharge is a type of plasma formed by passing a current at 100 V to several kV through a gas at low pressure, usually argon or another noble gas. A tokamak is a machine producing a toroidal magnetic field for confining a plasma. This book discusses and presents the data on both glow discharges and tokamaks.
The reprocessing of nuclear spent fuel generates radioactive liquid wastes (HLW) that must be isolated from the biosphere in durable solid matrices. This book presents generalities on the radionuclides occurring in HLW and on the characteristics and preparation methods of waste forms for the immobilisation of separated or non-separated wastes.
Addresses a number of technical skills in mathematics, physics, and specific areas of nuclear engineering that can prepare the student for optimum performance in various nuclear engineering or medical physics curriculum. This book includes fundamentals in probability and statistics, ODEs, series solutions, and general differential equations.
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.
Explores nuclear power plants which stand on the border between humanity's greatest hopes and its deepest fears for the future. This book discusses such topics as the investigation of materials and components obtained from nuclear power plants decommissioning; high-temperature gas-cooled reactors; and, more.
With a unique focus on the capabilities of fast spectrum reactors to address nuclear waste transmutation issues, this book describes how fast spectrum reactors contribute to the global nuclear renaissance while minimizing nuclear proliferation concerns.
A suitable glass host is used to dissolve the high level nuclear waste to form a glassy (vitreous) homogeneous product that can be cast into suitable forms, including large glass blocks. This book analyzes the immobilisation of high level toxic wastes through the use of an appropriate glass host.