Energy Technology & Engineering

Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulic Systems provides a comprehensive approach to nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics, reflecting the latest technologies, reac...

Research and development of computational methods for solving and understanding heat transfer problems continue to be important because heat transf...

Multi-Physics Modelling (MPM) is an innovative simulation technique that looks very promising for the employment in the field of nuclear engineerin...

Energy demand in the United States is expected to continue to grow over the coming decades, and the Department of Energy (DOE) considers nuclear en...

The nuclear industry is in a state of flux. Proclamations of a nuclear renaissance have given way to predictions of the industry''''s ultimate decl...

The massive release of radioactive material at the Chernobyl accident in 1986 led to widespread radiation exposure, in particular to people evacuat...

The 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station led to serious radioactive contamination of the environment. Due to transportation...

Uranium is a naturally occurring, ubiquitous heavy metal. In various chemical forms, natural uranium is found in all soils, rocks, seas and oceans....

Fuel ethanol production has increased steadily in the U.S. since the 1980''''s, when it was given impetus by the need to reduce energy dependence o...

The importance of the radioactive minerals occurring at the Pocos de Caldas plateau for the establishment of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Program h...

Among the oil-bearing tree species, Jatropha curcas is currently becoming an interesting crop for the production of biodiesel due to some of its in...

Global inventories of spent nuclear fuel are expected to increase substantially in future years. Because of the widely accepted international princ...

Oil Notes is about the excitement of the earth below us, the passing of time, and oil: where it is trapped, how it is discovered, and its gradual d...

A nuclear detonation in the United States is one of the most catastrophic incidents imaginable. While the United States Government is working domes...

The United States has focused its past efforts on disposing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste (HLW) in a geologic repository. Recently,...

A major concern about the global expansion of nuclear power is the potential spread of nuclear fuel cycle technology (particularly uranium enrichme...

The March 2011 accident at Japan''''s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant led to a worldwide review of nuclear power programs. NRC licenses and o...

Reduction in refining activity in the Northeast, as reflected in recently announced plans to idle over 50% of the regional refining capacity, is li...

We are facing a crisis that threatens the sustainability of the entire planet. Civilisation has been defined up to now by how efficiently we handle...

We are facing a crisis that threatens the sustainability of the entire planet. Civilisation has been defined up to now by how efficiently we handle...

Some officials of Iran have recently renewed threats to close or exercise control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran''''s threats appear to have been ...

This monograph covers three broad topics of Mietek''s outstanding career, Heavy Fraction and Asphaltene Characterization, The Boduszynski Continuum...