Nuclear Electric Power (ePub)

Assesses the engineering of renewable sources for commercial
power generation and discusses the safety, operation, and control
aspects of nuclear electric power

From an expert who advised the European Commission and UK
government in the aftermath of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
comes a book that contains experienced engineering assessments of
the options for replacing the existing, aged, fossil-fired power
stations with renewable, gas-fired, or nuclear plants.

From geothermal, solar, and wind to tidal and hydro generation,
Nuclear Electric Power: Safety, Operation, and Control
Aspects assesses the engineering of renewable sources for
commercial power generation and discusses the important aspects of
the design, operation, and safety of nuclear stations.

Nuclear Electric Power offers:

* Novel, practical engineering assessments for geothermal, hydro,
solar, tidal, and wind generation in terms of the available data on
cost, safety, environmental damage, capacity factor reliability,
and grid compatibility, with some nuclear comparisons

* Eigenvalues and real frequency response functions to assess the
stabilities of reactor power, two-phase channel flow, and a Grid
network

* A non-linear control strategy with simulation results for a
Design Base Accident scenario

* Original analyses with experimental validation of molten fuel
coolant interactions and aircraft impacts on rigid structures

* Analysis of the circumstances that led to the Fukushima
disaster

Nuclear Electric Power is an important book for all
international nuclear power agencies and those who work within the
field.