Eidemüller D. Nuclear Power Explained

Cham: Springer; 2021. — 317 p. — ISBN 978-3-030-72669-0, ISBN 978-3-030-72670-6 (eBook).A compact & compelling summary of all aspects of nuclear power. Includes dozens of behind-the-scenes images within nuclear facilities.
Covers controversial topics such as health and safety risks, uranium mining, nuclear proliferation and waste disposal.Reactors, Bombs and Visions: A Brief History of the Nuclear Age.
Basics of Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity.
Nuclear Physics and Its Applications.
The Structure of Atoms.
The Forces in the Atomic Nucleus.
Elements and Isotopes.
Material Transformations and Nuclear Reaction Equations.
Origin and Synthesis of the Elements.
Important Applications of Nuclear Physics.
Radioactivity — The Physics and Biology.
Alpha, Beta and Gamma Radiation.
Decay Series.
Biological Effects of Radioactive Radiation.
Natural and Artificial Radiation Exposure.
Radiation Damage.
Radiation Risk: Cancer and the Linear.
No-Threshold Model.
Cardiovascular Diseases.
Cellular Repair Mechanisms.
Types of Radioactive Substances.
Fission Products, Transuranium Elements and Activated Materials.
Important Radioactive Isotopes.
Nuclear Power Plants.
How to Operate a Nuclear Reactor.
The Principle of Power Generation by Nuclear Energy.
Control of the Chain Reaction.
Reactor Types and Safety.
Power Reactors.
Research Reactors.
Safety and Emergency Systems.
The INES Scale: Within and outside the Safety Margins.
Training and Testing.
Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Residual Risk.
Economic, Ecological and Political Aspects of Nuclear Energy.
The Nuclear Industry and the Fuel Chain.
Construction and Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants.
Current Status of the Nuclear Industry.
Ecological Footprint and Life-Cycle Assessment.
Open and Hidden Costs.
Social Conflict Areas of Nuclear Energy.
Uranium Mining.
Occurrence and Quantities.
Extraction and Processing.
Hazards in Uranium Mining.
The Church Rock Disaster.
Proliferation.
The Balance of Terror.
Global Distribution of Nuclear Weapons.
Functionality of Nuclear Weapons.
The Relationship Between Civil and Military.
Nuclear Technology.
Civil Nuclear Bombs.
Known Cases of Proliferation.
Radioactive Incidents and Disasters.
Kyshtym.
Three Mile Island, Windscale and Similar Incidents.
Chernobyl.
Fukushima.
Aspects of the Operational Safety of Nuclear Power Plants.
The Human Factor, Residual Risks and Ethical Conflicts of Nuclear Energy.
Disposal.
Types and Quantities of Nuclear Waste.
Dangers from Nuclear Waste.
Utopian Disposal Concepts.
Partitioning and Transmutation.
The Concept of Final Disposal.
Open Questions and Ethical Problems of Final Disposal.
Pathways for a Responsible Storage and Treatment of Nuclear Waste.Literature.