Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima

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Beschreibung

This book examines the three most well-known and socially important nuclear accidents. Each of these accidents had significant, yet dramatically different, human and environmental impacts. Unique factors helped shape the overall pattern and scale of each disaster, but a major contributing factor was the different designs used for each reactor. Fukushima was a boiling water reactor (BWR), Chernobyl was a graphite moderated boiling water reactor, and TMI was a pressurized water reactor (PWR). This book traces the history of nuclear power and the development of each reactor type. We examine how GE¿s work with a sodium cooled design did not fare well with the US Navy, and led GE to promulgate the BWR design. We explore the Russian atomic bomb program, its use of graphite moderated reactors, and their design modifications to create power production units. We trace the developments in the US that led the US Navy to select the PWR design, and caused the PWR to be used for nearly 2/3 of all UScommercial reactors. In sum, the book uses the three major nuclear accidents as a lens to trace the technological history of nuclear energy production and to link these developments with long-term societal and environmental consequences. The book is intended for readers with an interest in nuclear power and nuclear disasters. The detailed and compelling account will appeal to both the expert and the interested lay-person.

Zusammenfassung

Shows historical context for development of the three reactors involved in the most notable nuclear accidents

Details accident timelines for TMI, Chernobyl and Fukushima, with consequences to local population

Intricate details of incidents/technologies that greatly impacted accidents (Steam Generator design at TMI, Chernobyl accident started with safety exercise, Fukushima hillside removed to save pump power)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fukushima, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, How we got there.- Chapter 1. Nuclear Fundamentals.- Chapter 2.Fukushima, design facts.- Chapter [...] Japan Earthquake and Fukushima accident history Eg Units 5 & 6 untouched by tsunami, because cliff was not removed for them Ge design, back up turbine/generator in basement Recovery effort status.- Chapter 4.Fukushima Daiichi today.- Chapter 5 BWR design history, why GE, Borax experiments GE, Vallecitos, Dresden GE design duplicated at Fukushima, including diesels in basement.- Chapter 6.Zircalloy clad fuel elements, history, H2O electrolysis at high temp, H2 gen.- Chapter 7. station blackout previously considered non credible accident.- Chapter 8.Chernobyl accident history.- Chapter 9.Graphite moderated reactor Russian history, Chicago pile to weapons production.- Chapter 10.Leningrad and other RBMK problems, precursor to Chernobyl disaster.- Chapter [...].- Chapter 12. PWR selected because of USnavy preference.- Chapter 13.Conclusion.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Kraftwerktechnik
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	x 120 S. 22 s/w Illustr. 3 farbige Illustr. 120 p. 25 illus. 3 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319340531
ISBN-10:	3319340530
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-34053-1
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Bullard, Stephan Filburn, Thomas
Auflage:	1st edition 2016
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	241 x 160 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Stephan Bullard (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.11.2016
Gewicht:	0,395 kg

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