Fusion-fission hybrid nuclear reactors : for enhanced nuclear fuel utilization and radioactive waste reduction / Weston M. Stacey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stacey, Weston M., author.

Series:

IET energy engineering series.

Energy Engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear fission.

Nuclear fusion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 265 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stevenage : Institution of Engineering & Technology, [2022]

Summary:

Written by a worldwide expert on nuclear energy, this book is a concise but thorough work on fusion-fission hybrid technology. Chapters review nuclear fission and fusion principles, then explore how to use surplus neutrons from fusion to assist with fission processes, and how to obtain the necessary deuterium and tritium.

Contents:

Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Nuclear electric power productionChapter 3: Scientific basis of nuclear fission energyChapter 4: Uranium nuclear fission power fuel cycleChapter 5: Fission energy fuel resourcesChapter 6: Technological basis of nuclear fission powerChapter 7: Conversion of nuclear fission energy to electrical energyChapter 8: Advanced fission reactorsChapter 9: The Nuclear Reactor Physics, Nuclear Reactor Engineering, Plasma Physics, and Fusion Technology disciplinesChapter 10: Safety of nuclear fission power reactorsChapter 11: The nuclear fission power fuel cycleChapter 12: Scientific and technological basis of nuclear fusion powerChapter 13: Nuclear fusion power reactor studiesChapter 14: Future improvements in fusion physics and technologyChapter 15: Fusion-fission hybrid reactorsChapter 16: Principles and technical rationale of the fusion-fission hybrid breeder and burner reactorsChapter 17: Illustrative future fusion-fission hybrid reactor designsChapter 18: SABR tokamak burner fuel cycles using fusion neutrons to fission nuclear waste and close the back end of the fission fuel cycleChapter 19: Computational models for tritium breeding ratio and fissile breeding ratiosChapter 20: Physics and engineering design constraints on fusion-fission hybridsChapter 21: Status of fusion development vis-à-vis a neutron source for FFHChapter 22: Fusion neutron enhancement of a breeding nuclear fission fuel cycleChapter 23: Using fusion neutrons to achieve a burning fission fuel cycleChapter 24: Fuel cycle methodology, summary and conclusionsChapter 25: Using fusion neutrons to achieve a breeding fission fuel cycleChapter 26: Dynamic safety analyses of FFH reactorsChapter 27: Space-dependent dynamics calculation model for a sodium pool-cooled fast transmutation reactor SABR#2 Chapter 28: The panacea of just harvesting "free" green energy?Chapter 29: Summary, discussion, and recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-83724-506-1

1-83953-652-7

OCLC:

1330935854