Nuclear Energy

The three volumes VIII/3A, B, C of Energy Technologies should primarily serve scientists, engineers, and students to gain information on physical, chemical, and technical properties of all technologies to provide, convert, distribute, store, and finally use energy. They are supplemented with economic background information and with specific concepts, to allow the reader a proper comparison of different energy technologies. In this way these volumes on energy technologies should help human society pave the way towards sufficient and environmentally safe provision and use of energy. The various contributions have been written by experts from all around the globe working in universities, public research institutions, and private industrial companies.

Standard Reference Book with selected and easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry collected by acknowledged international scientists Also available online at springerlink.com Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Introduction to nuclear fission and fusion energy technologies.- Nuclear fission energy.- Risk analyses and protection strategies for the operation of nuclear power plants.- Nuclear fuel and fuel cycle.- Radionuclides in the environment.- Controlled nuclear fusion: general aspects.- Magnetic confinement fusion: tokamak.- Magnetic confinement fusion: stellarator.- Inertial confinement fusion: laser.- Inertial confinement fusion: z-pinch.- Inertial confinement fusion: heavy ions.- Muon-catalyzed fusion (m CF).