Nuclear power : past, present and future / David Elliott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, David, 1943- author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 22.

IOP ebooks. 2022 collection.

[IOP release $release]

IOP ebooks. [2022 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Biography/History:

David Elliott BSc, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University. Prof. Elliott has written extensively on sustainable energy policy, including several books and a blog for Physics World. He is the editor of the long-established journal Renew, and the IOP Book Series in Renewable and Sustainable Power.

Summary:

Alongside renewables, nuclear power is often promoted as a viable energy option for major expansion in the future. However, it faces significant problems. Taking a critical approach towards the ongoing viability of nuclear energy solutions, this research and reference text contextualises the vices and virtues of fusion and fission against the rapidly expanding area of renewables and the challenge of climate change, in order to assess the future viability of nuclear power.

Contents:

1. Introduction : the nuclear vision

1.1. Nuclear energy : uranium in a bucket

1.2. Atoms for peace

1.3. The rise and fall of nuclear power

1.4. On to generation IV?

2. Nuclear innovation : the early days

2.1. Early US experiments

2.2. Thorium reactors and fast breeders

2.3. What next?

2.4. Design parameters, choices, and constraints

3. New brooms-in the 2000s

3.1. Back to breeders

and thorium

3.2. Small is beautiful

SMRs

3.3. Reactor choices and prospects

4. Progress in the 2020s

4.1. SMRs move ahead tentatively

4.2. ANT

a wider range

4.3. Fusion expectations

4.4. The prospects for advanced nuclear power

5. Nuclear power revisited

5.1. A review of the prospects for new nuclear technologies

5.2. Carbon intensity, materials, and land use

5.3. Nuclear and renewables

5.4. What long-term future for nuclear power?

6. Conclusions : the way ahead

6.1. The issues ahead

6.2. Choices ahead

6.3. An end to nuclear?

Appendix 1. Public opposition to nuclear power

Appendix 2. Nuclear and renewables

the basics compared.

Notes:

"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 10, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780750351522

9780750351515

OCLC:

1329974915

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