Fission, fusion and the energy crisis

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6548940

Hunt, S E

A relatively non-technical survey of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion power sources, this book is intended for the undergraduate student. It begins with an analogy of our present level of energy consumption with the practice of living on accumulated capital reserves in which uranium and fossil fuel use represents capital depletion and renewable energy sources and fusion energy represent long-range investment planning that fails to eliminate the need for conservation. Subsequent chapter headings are: The Atom and Its Nucleus, Mass, and Energy; Fission and the Bomb; The Natural Uranium Reactor; Enriched Reactors; Control and Safety; Long-term economics; The Breeder Reactions and Nuclear Fuel Reserves; Short-term Economics; the Cost Per Kilowatt Hour; National Nuclear Power Programmes; Nuclear Power and the Environment; Renewable Energy Sources; and The Fusion Programme. 49 references, 55 figures, 7 tables. (DCK)

• OSTI ID: 6548940
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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