The nuclear imperative : a critical look at the approaching energy crisis (more physics for presidents)
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jeff W Eerkens
- ناشر : Dordrecht : Springer
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9789048186662
Description
Preface to the 2nd edition; PREFACE to the 1st edition; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NUCLEAR FABLES AND FACTS; 3. ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ENERGY RESOURCES ON PLANET EARTH; 4. RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND THEIR LIMITATIONS 5. PORTABLE ENERGY AND PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES 6. COAL AND NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION 7. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS IN NUCLEAR OPERATIONS; 8. NUCLEAR WEAPON CONTROLS AND NON-PROLIFERATION; 9. CONCLUSIONS, ACTION ITEMS, AND PREDICTIONS; ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR; ABBREVIATIONS; CHEMICAL SYMBOLS OF SELECTED ELEMENTS AND ISOTOPES; INTERNATIONAL MKS UNITS AND PREFIXES; INDEX
This book demonstrates that solar, wind and biomass power alone, while helpful, are incapable of supplying and sustaining the enormous quantities of electricity and heat needed for manufacturing portable synthetic fuels to replace current use of fossil fuels.
