| Preface to Second Edition |
| Preface to First Edition |
| The Earth and Nuclear Power: Sources and Resources / 1： |
| Introduction / 1.1： |
| Forms of Energy / 1.1.1： |
| Units of Energy / 1.1.2： |
| Energy Conversion Process / 1.1.3： |
| Earth's Internal Heat Generation / 1.2： |
| The Earth's Energy Flow / 1.3： |
| The Fission Process / 1.4： |
| Thermal Energy Resources / 1.5： |
| References |
| Examples and Problems |
| Bibliography |
| How Reactors Work / 2： |
| Basic Components of a Nuclear Reactor / 2.1： |
| Thermal Reactors / 2.4： |
| Natural Uranium Graphite-Moderated (Magnox) Reactors / 2.4.1： |
| Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors / 2.4.2： |
| Pressurized-Water Reactors / 2.4.3： |
| Boiling-Water Reactors / 2.4.4： |
| Natural Uranium Heavy Water-Moderated and-Cooled Reactors / 2.4.5： |
| Boiling-Water, Graphite-Moderated Direct-Cycle Reactor (RBMK) / 2.4.6： |
| Fast Reactors / 2.5： |
| Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors / 2.5.1： |
| Cooling Reactors / 3： |
| General Features of a Reactor Coolant / 3.1： |
| Principles of Heat Transfer / 3.3： |
| Gaseous Coolants / 3.4： |
| Air / 3.4.1： |
| Carbon Dioxide / 3.4.2： |
| Helium / 3.4.3： |
| Steam / 3.4.4： |
| Liquid Coolants / 3.5： |
| Light Water / 3.5.1： |
| Heavy Water / 3.5.2： |
| Organic Fluids / 3.5.3： |
| Molten Salts / 3.5.4： |
| Liquid Metals / 3.5.5： |
| Boiling Coolants / 3.6： |
| Water / 3.6.1： |
| Alternative Forms of Reactor Coolant Circuits / 3.6.2： |
| Loop-Type Circuits / 3.7.1： |
| Integral-Type Circuits / 3.7.2： |
| Pool-Type Circuits / 3.7.3： |
| Future Developments / 3.7.4： |
| Loss of Cooling / 4： |
| The Electric Kettle / 4.1： |
| Pressurized-Water Reactor / 4.3： |
| Operating States of the PWR / 4.3.1： |
| Energy Balances in the PWR under Fault Conditions / 4.3.2： |
| The Large-Break LOCA in the PWR / 4.3.3： |
| The Small-Break LOCA / 4.3.4： |
| Alternative ECCSs / 4.3.5： |
| Boiling-Water Reactor / 4.4： |
| Large-Break LOCA in a BWR (the Design Basis Accident) / 4.4.1： |
| Small-Break LOCAs in BWRs / 4.4.2： |
| CANDU Reactor / 4.5： |
| Gas-Cooled Reactors / 4.6： |
| Design Basis Accident for the AGR: Depressurization Fault / 4.6.1： |
| Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor / 4.7： |
| Reference |
| Loss-of-Cooling Accidents: Some Examples / 5： |
| Incidents in Light Water-Cooled Reactors / 5.1： |
| The SL-1 Accident / 5.2.1： |
| The Millstone 1 Accident / 5.2.2： |
| The Browns Ferry Fire / 5.2.3： |
| The Three Mile Island (TMI) Accident / 5.2.4： |
| The Ginna Incident / 5.2.5： |
| Mihama 2 Incident / 5.2.6： |
| The Serious Accident at Chernobyl / 5.2.7： |
| Heavy Water--Moderated Reactors / 5.3： |
| The NXR Incident / 5.3.1： |
| The Core-Damage Incident at Lucens / 5.3.2： |
| The Windscale Fire / 5.4： |
| The Fuel Meltdown at St. Laurent / 5.4.2： |
| Seawater Ingress in the Hunterston BAGR Station / 5.4.3： |
| Fuel Damage during Charging at the Hinkley Point BAGR / 5.4.4： |
| Liquid Metal--Cooled Fast Reactors / 5.5： |
| The EBR-1 Meltdown Accident / 5.5.1： |
| Fuel Melting Incident at the Enrico Fermi 1 Fast Breeder Reactor / 5.5.2： |
| The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) / 5.6： |
| Postulated Severe Accidents / 6： |
| Postulated Severe Accidents in Water-Cooled Reactors / 6.1： |
| Core Damage / 6.2.1： |
| Challenges to the Reactor Pressure Vessel / 6.2.2： |
| Challenges to the Reactor Containment / 6.2.3： |
| Mitigating the Consequences of Severe Accidents / 6.2.4： |
| Specific Phenomena relating to Severe Accidents / 6.3： |
| Fuel-Coolant Interactions:-"Steam Explosions" / 6.3.1： |
| Debris Beds and Their Cooling / 6.3.2： |
| Hydrogen Formation: Burning and Explosions / 6.3.3： |
| Containment Basement Melt-Through and Failure / 6.3.4： |
| Severe Accidents in Other Reactor Types / 6.4： |
| Fission Product Dispersion following Containment Failure / 6.5： |
| Cooling during Fuel Removal and Processing / 7： |
| Refueling / 7.1： |
| Refueling of Gas-Cooled Reactors / 7.2.1： |
| Refueling of CANDU Reactors / 7.2.2： |
| Refueling of Light-Water Reactors / 7.2.3： |
| Refueling of Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Breeder Reactors / 7.2.4： |
| Spent Fuel Storage and Transport / 7.3： |
| Reprocessing Plant / 7.4： |
| Cooling and Disposing of the Waste / 8： |
| Classification of Waste Products / 8.1： |
| Fission Products and Their Biological Significance / 8.3： |
| Options for Nuclear Waste Disposal / 8.4： |
| Long-Term Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel / 8.5： |
| Ultimate Disposal in Salt Deposits / 8.5.1： |
| Geological Storage / 8.5.2： |
| Storage and Disposal of Fission Products from Reprocessing Plants / 8.6： |
| Disposal of Other Materials / 8.7： |
| Fusion Energy: Prospect for the Future / 9： |
| The Fusion Process / 9.1： |
| Confinement / 9.3： |
| Current Technical Position / 9.4： |
| Conclusions / 9.5： |
| Index |
| Preface to Second Edition |
| Preface to First Edition |
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