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 |
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