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Nuclear Energy
What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
Taschenbuch von Charles D Ferguson
Sprache: Englisch

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In this accessible overview, Charles D. Ferguson provides an authoritative account of the key facts about nuclear energy. What is the origin of nuclear energy? What countries use commercial nuclear power, and how much electricity do they obtain from it? How can future nuclear power plants be made safer? What can countries do to protect their nuclear facilities from military attacks? How hazardous is radioactive waste? Is nuclear energy a renewable energy source?Ferguson addresses these questions and more in a book that is essential for anyone looking to learn more about this important issue.
In this accessible overview, Charles D. Ferguson provides an authoritative account of the key facts about nuclear energy. What is the origin of nuclear energy? What countries use commercial nuclear power, and how much electricity do they obtain from it? How can future nuclear power plants be made safer? What can countries do to protect their nuclear facilities from military attacks? How hazardous is radioactive waste? Is nuclear energy a renewable energy source?Ferguson addresses these questions and more in a book that is essential for anyone looking to learn more about this important issue.
Über den Autor
Charles D. Ferguson is President of the Federation of American Scientists and an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Trained as a physicist and nuclear engineer, he has worked on nuclear policy issues at the U.S. Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Contents

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgements

  • 1. Fundamentals

  • What is energy, and what is power?

  • Is most energy that people use derived from nuclear energy?

  • What is the origin of nuclear energy?

  • What is radioactivity?

  • Why is ionizing radiation a health concern?

  • What is radioactive half-life, and how can knowing it help increase countries' security?

  • How much more energetic is nuclear energy compared to chemical energy?

  • Why has it been so difficult to commercialize nuclear fusion?

  • How was nuclear fission discovered?

  • What role, if any, did Albert Einstein play in the discovery of nuclear energy?

  • What is a fission chain reaction?

  • What is uranium, where did it come from, and how was it discovered?

  • What is plutonium, how was it discovered, and how hazardous is it?

  • Why can't nuclear reactors explode like a nuclear bomb?

  • What is the nuclear fuel cycle?

  • Why are certain activities in the nuclear fuel cycle called "dual-use "?

  • What are the various uranium enrichment methods?

  • What are the nuclear

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Fachbereich: Kraftwerktechnik
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199759460
ISBN-10: 0199759464
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ferguson, Charles D
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 208 x 141 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Charles D Ferguson
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.05.2011
Gewicht: 0,267 kg
preigu-id: 120666708
Über den Autor
Charles D. Ferguson is President of the Federation of American Scientists and an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Trained as a physicist and nuclear engineer, he has worked on nuclear policy issues at the U.S. Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Contents

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgements

  • 1. Fundamentals

  • What is energy, and what is power?

  • Is most energy that people use derived from nuclear energy?

  • What is the origin of nuclear energy?

  • What is radioactivity?

  • Why is ionizing radiation a health concern?

  • What is radioactive half-life, and how can knowing it help increase countries' security?

  • How much more energetic is nuclear energy compared to chemical energy?

  • Why has it been so difficult to commercialize nuclear fusion?

  • How was nuclear fission discovered?

  • What role, if any, did Albert Einstein play in the discovery of nuclear energy?

  • What is a fission chain reaction?

  • What is uranium, where did it come from, and how was it discovered?

  • What is plutonium, how was it discovered, and how hazardous is it?

  • Why can't nuclear reactors explode like a nuclear bomb?

  • What is the nuclear fuel cycle?

  • Why are certain activities in the nuclear fuel cycle called "dual-use "?

  • What are the various uranium enrichment methods?

  • What are the nuclear

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Fachbereich: Kraftwerktechnik
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199759460
ISBN-10: 0199759464
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ferguson, Charles D
Hersteller: Oxford University Press, USA
Maße: 208 x 141 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Charles D Ferguson
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.05.2011
Gewicht: 0,267 kg
preigu-id: 120666708
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