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How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor / by Colin Tucker.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tucker, Colin, (Nuclear safety worker), author.
- Series:
- Physics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)
- Popular Science,. 2626-6113
- Popular Science, 2626-6113
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physics.
- Nuclear energy.
- Nuclear physics.
- Heavy ions.
- Power electronics.
- Energy.
- Popular Science in Physics.
- Nuclear Energy.
- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.
- Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.
- Popular Science in Energy.
- Local Subjects:
- Popular Science in Physics.
- Nuclear Energy.
- Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.
- Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.
- Popular Science in Energy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XVII, 264 pages) : 131 illustrations, 122 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- First edition 2019.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This book will answer that question. It'll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of reactors and what can go wrong with them. Much of this is seen from the viewpoint of a trainee operator on a Pressurised Water Reactor - the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world. Colin Tucker has spent the last thirty years keeping reactors safe. Join him on a tour that is the next best thing to driving a nuclear reactor yourself!
- Contents:
- One Man and His Dog
- Physics is Phun
- Being Friendly to Neutrons
- Criticality is Not as Bad as it Sounds
- What Makes Nuclear Special?
- The Thing you put your Reactor inches...
- Pull the Rods Out and Stand Back
- Watt Power?
- Your Reactor is Stable (Part One)
- You've got to do Something with all that Steam...
- The Big Red Button
- Your Reactor is Stable (Part Two)
- Putting a Spin on it
- Going Up!
- Power, and How to Change it
- Steady Power with Nothin to do?
- It's All About Safety
- What Can Go Wrong (and what you can do about it...)
- Smaller isn't Always Easier
- What Else Can Go Wrong?
- When you run out of Oomph
- Other Reactor Designs are Available
- How to Build your own Reactor
- And there's more...
- Conclusion.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-33876-3
- 9783030338763
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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