How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Colin Tucker.
• Authors: Tucker, Colin
• Contents: One Man and His Dog -- Physics is Phun -- Being Friendly to Neutrons -- Criticality is Not as Bad as it Sounds -- What Makes Nuclear Special? -- The Thing you put your Reactor in.... -- Pull the Rods Out and Stand Back -- Watt Power? -- Your Reactor is Stable (Part One) -- You've got to do Something with all that Steam... -- The Big Red Button -- Your Reactor is Stable (Part Two) -- Putting a Spin on it -- Going Up! -- Power, and How to Change it -- Steady Power with Nothin to do? -- It's All About Safety -- What Can Go Wrong (and what you can do about it...) -- Smaller isn't Always Easier -- What Else Can Go Wrong? -- When you run out of Oomph -- Other Reactor Designs are Available -- How to Build your own Reactor -- And there's more... -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 530; Physics; Nuclear energy; Nuclear physics; Heavy ions; Power electronics; Energy; Popular Science in Physics; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks; Popular Science in Energy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030338763; 3030338762
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.