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100 1 _aElliott, David,
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245 1 0 _aNuclear power :
_bpast, present and future /
_cDavid Elliott.
250 _aSecond edition.
264 1 _aBristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
_bIOP Publishing,
_c[2022]
300 _a1 online resource (various pagings) :
_billustrations (some color).
336 _atext
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337 _aelectronic
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _a[IOP release $release]
490 1 _aIOP ebooks. [2022 collection]
500 _a"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _a1. 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?
505 8 _a2. 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
505 8 _a3. New brooms-in the 2000s -- 3.1. Back to breeders--and thorium -- 3.2. Small is beautiful--SMRs -- 3.3. Reactor choices and prospects
505 8 _a4. 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
505 8 _a5. 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?
505 8 _a6. Conclusions : the way ahead -- 6.1. The issues ahead -- 6.2. Choices ahead -- 6.3. An end to nuclear?
505 8 _aAppendix 1. Public opposition to nuclear power -- Appendix 2. Nuclear and renewables--the basics compared.
520 3 _aAlongside 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.
521 _aResearchers and postgraduate students in areas of nuclear power and nuclear energy. The book will be valuable supplementary reading for Master's courses in these subjects.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
545 _aDavid 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.
588 0 _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on June 10, 2022).
650 0 _aNuclear energy.
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650 7 _aNuclear power & engineering.
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650 7 _aEnvironment and energy.
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710 2 _aInstitute of Physics (Great Britain),
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
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830 0 _aIOP (Series).
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830 0 _aIOP ebooks.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-5152-2
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