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Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction
  • Author : American Nuclear Society
  • Release Date : 30 June 1992
  • Publisher : Amer Nuclear Society
  • Genre : Technology & Engineering
  • Pages : 193
  • ISBN 13 : UCSD:31822015545544
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Book Description: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, this book discusses in clearly written language the events that led up to that historical event, the scientific basis for nuclear energy and its various peaceful applications (power, industrial uses, medicine), the development of nuclear power worldwide, and the future of nuclear energy. This is the book that was distributed at the 1992 ANS Meeting in Chicago. It's a must for anyone who wants to know the history, the people, and the science behind nuclear energy.

Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction

Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction

Author : American Nuclear Society
Publisher : Amer Nuclear Society
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, this book discusses in clearly written language the events that led up to that historical event, the scientific basis for nuclear energy and its various peaceful applications (power, industrial uses, medicine), the development of nuclear power worldwide, and the ...

Nuclear Reactor Physics

Nuclear Reactor Physics

Author : Trenton Hensley
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Uncategorized
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Nuclear reactor physics is concerned with the study of chain reactions in nuclear reactors and their application for producing energy in a controlled fission reaction. The initiation and control of a self-sustained nuclear chain reaction occurs in a nuclear reactor. The key components in a nuclear power plant can be ...

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

Author : David N. Schwartz
Publisher : Basic Books
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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The definitive biography of the brilliant, charismatic, and very human physicist and innovator Enrico Fermi In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages of classical physics and quantum ...

Before the Fallout

Before the Fallout

Author : Diana Preston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Genre : History
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On December 26, 1898, Marie Curie announced the discovery of radium and observed that "radioactivity seems to be an atomic property." A mere 47 years later, "Little Boy"exploded over Hiroshima. Before the Fallout is the epic story of the intervening half century, during which an exhilarating quest to unravel the secrets of ...

Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fusion

Author : Igor Girka
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Genre : Science
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Power production and its consumption and distribution are among the most urgent problems of mankind. Despite positive dynamics in introducing renewable sources of energy, nuclear power plants still remain the major source of carbon-free electric energy. Fusion can be an alternative to fission in the foreseeable future. Research in the ...

Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities

Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilitiesâ¬"Phase I
Publisher : National Academies Press
Genre : Medical
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In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including research and nuclear weapons production facilities and one reprocessing plant) in the United States. The results of the NCI investigation were used ...

Nuclear Metallurgy Lectures

Nuclear Metallurgy Lectures

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Uncategorized
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In a preceding lecture all the components necessary to secure a controlled nuclear chain reaction were discussed. The business at Hanford is to use these components in the most efficient manner possible to manufacture the desired products of irradiation - the primary product being Pu. In this lecture of the ...