World nuclear power / Peter R. Mounfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mounfield, Peter R., 1935- author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: Energy Economics Series

Routledge Library Editions: Energy Economics ; Volume 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear power plants.

Nuclear power plants--Safety measures.

Nuclear fuels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Originally published in 1991, this comprehensive volume provides not only technical information regarding the global nuclear power industry, but also discusses the economic, social and political issues which have an impact on the industry. There are specific chapters on the nuclear industry in the USA and Canada, Western Europe, the former USSR and Eastern Europe and East Asia which examine in detail the particular set of geographical and economic conditions which affect each area. Including an extensive glossary, figures and tabulated information, this book remains one of the most accessible, impartial and thorough studies of the global nuclear industry.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Original Title Page

Original Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Preliminary considerations: reactor types and characteristics

2 The world pattern of nuclear power production

3 The USA and Canada

4 Western Europe

5 The USSR and CMEA countries of Eastern Europe

6 East Asia

7 From uranium ore to fuel element: the front-endof the nuclear fuel cycle

8 The nature of the hazards: radiation and its biological effects

9 Money costs of nuclear power and their locational effects

10 Safety issues in the siting of nuclear power plants

11 Siting in relation to exceptional environmental events:earthquakes and faults, tornadoes, tsunamis and floods

12 The back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle: storing andtransporting radioactive waste

13 Prospects for the future

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 13, 2017).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-39403-7

OCLC:

1006406195