Fission, fusion, and the energy crisis /

Fission, Fusion and The Energy Crisis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hunt, S. E. (Stanley Ernest), 1922-
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1980.
Edition:	2d ed.
Series:	Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
Subjects:	Nuclear energy. Énergie nucléaire. nuclear power. Nuclear energy Nuclear power Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover; Fission, Fusion and the Energy Crisis; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO THE SECOND EDITION; Acknowledgements to the First Edition; Chapter 1. Living on Capital; Chapter 2. The Atom and Its Nucleus, Mass and Energy; Chapter 3. Fission and the Bomb; Chapter 4. The Natural Uranium Reactor; Chapter 5. Enriched Reactors; Chapter 6. Control and Safety; Chapter 7. Long-term Economics: The Breeder Reactions and Nuclear Fuel Reserves; Chapter 8. Short-term Economics: The Cost per Kilowatt Hour
Chapter 9. National Nuclear Power ProgrammesChapter 10. Nuclear Power and the Environment; Chapter 11. Renewable Energy Sources; Chapter 12. The Fusion Programme; SUMMARY AND COMMENT; GLOSSARY OF TERMS