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Nuclear Energy
What Everyone Needs to Know
Taschenbuch von Charles D Ferguson
Sprache: Englisch

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Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japanese nuclear crisis of 2011, sentiment about nuclear power underwent a marked change. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels and concern about dependence on foreign fuel has led policymakers, climate scientists, and energy experts to look once again at nuclear power as a source of energy.
Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japanese nuclear crisis of 2011, sentiment about nuclear power underwent a marked change. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels and concern about dependence on foreign fuel has led policymakers, climate scientists, and energy experts to look once again at nuclear power as a source of energy.
Über den Autor
Charles D. Ferguson is President of the Federation of American Scientists and an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Trained as a physicist and nuclear engineer, he has worked on nuclear policy issues at the U.S. Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Contents

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgements

  • 1. Fundamentals

  • What is energy, and what is power?

  • Is most energy that people use derived from nuclear energy?

  • What is the origin of nuclear energy?

  • What is radioactivity?

  • Why is ionizing radiation a health concern?

  • What is radioactive half-life, and how can knowing it help increase countries' security?

  • How much more energetic is nuclear energy compared to chemical energy?

  • Why has it been so difficult to commercialize nuclear fusion?

  • How was nuclear fission discovered?

  • What role, if any, did Albert Einstein play in the discovery of nuclear energy?

  • What is a fission chain reaction?

  • What is uranium, where did it come from, and how was it discovered?

  • What is plutonium, how was it discovered, and how hazardous is it?

  • Why can't nuclear reactors explode like a nuclear bomb?

  • What is the nuclear fuel cycle?

  • Why are certain activities in the nuclear fuel cycle called "dual-use "?

  • What are the various uranium enrichment methods?

  • What are the nuclear

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Fachbereich: Kraftwerktechnik
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199759460
ISBN-10: 0199759464
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ferguson, Charles D
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 210 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Charles D Ferguson
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2011
Gewicht: 0,337 kg
Artikel-ID: 120666708
Über den Autor
Charles D. Ferguson is President of the Federation of American Scientists and an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Trained as a physicist and nuclear engineer, he has worked on nuclear policy issues at the U.S. Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Contents

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgements

  • 1. Fundamentals

  • What is energy, and what is power?

  • Is most energy that people use derived from nuclear energy?

  • What is the origin of nuclear energy?

  • What is radioactivity?

  • Why is ionizing radiation a health concern?

  • What is radioactive half-life, and how can knowing it help increase countries' security?

  • How much more energetic is nuclear energy compared to chemical energy?

  • Why has it been so difficult to commercialize nuclear fusion?

  • How was nuclear fission discovered?

  • What role, if any, did Albert Einstein play in the discovery of nuclear energy?

  • What is a fission chain reaction?

  • What is uranium, where did it come from, and how was it discovered?

  • What is plutonium, how was it discovered, and how hazardous is it?

  • Why can't nuclear reactors explode like a nuclear bomb?

  • What is the nuclear fuel cycle?

  • Why are certain activities in the nuclear fuel cycle called "dual-use "?

  • What are the various uranium enrichment methods?

  • What are the nuclear

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Fachbereich: Kraftwerktechnik
Genre: Technik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199759460
ISBN-10: 0199759464
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ferguson, Charles D
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 210 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Charles D Ferguson
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2011
Gewicht: 0,337 kg
Artikel-ID: 120666708
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