Nuclear Power & Engineering

Recent events have renewed long-standing congressional interest in safe management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and other high level nuclear waste. ...

The book provides an overview of the advantages in using lead enriched with stable lead isotope lead-208 instead of natural lead as a coolant of fa...

A electric glow discharge is a type of plasma formed by passing a current at 100 V to several kV through a gas at low pressure, usually argon or an...

This book explores nuclear power plants which stand on the border between humanity''s greatest hopes and its deepest fears for the future. Atomic e...

To achieve energy security and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction objectives, the United States must develop clean, affordable, domestic energ...

In this book, the authors gather topical research in the study of nuclear materials. Topics discussed include experimental studies in nuclear fuel ...

Nuclear power plant disasters threaten the entire planet. From so-called `developed Russia to Japan, USA to France; in the aftermath of an accident...

All the relevant subjects on nuclear power are explained in plain language to provide an across-the-board perspective on this interesting topic. Ex...

On March 11, 2011, fifty minutes after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit eastern Japan, a tsunami 45-feet high engulfed the nuclear power plant known ...

After Atomic Junction, along the Haatso-Atomic Road there lies the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, home to Africa's first nuclear programme after i...

Nuclear power is not an option for the future but an absolute necessity. Global threats of climate change and lethal air pollution, killing million...

Nuclear power is not an option for the future but an absolute necessity. Global threats of climate change and lethal air pollution, killing million...

The Handbook of Nuclear Engineering is an authoritative compilation of information regarding methods and data used in all phases of nuclear enginee...

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

Safe and secure transport and storage of radioactive materials are essential for sustainable nuclear fuel cycle. The basic technologies are matured...

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