How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor
Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This book will answer that question. It’ll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of r...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2019, 2019
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
Series: | Popular Science
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This book will answer that question. It’ll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of reactors and what can go wrong with them. Much of this is seen from the viewpoint of a trainee operator on a Pressurised Water Reactor - the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world. Colin Tucker has spent the last thirty years keeping reactors safe. Join him on a tour that is the next best thing to driving a nuclear reactor yourself! |
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Physical Description: | XVII, 264 p. 131 illus., 122 illus. in color online resource |
ISBN: | 9783030338763 |