How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor (Popular Science)

Tucker, Colin

ISBN 10: 3030338754 / ISBN 13: 9783030338756

Editore: Springer (edition 1st ed. 2019), 2020

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Riassunto:

Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively 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!

Informazioni sull?autore:

Colin Tucker has worked in the UK nuclear industry for 30 years, most of that time at Sizewell B power station. He specialises in ‘Nuclear Safety’: the safe running of the reactor, ensuring that the station is always ready to cope with anything that might happen. Over much of his career he has spent time visiting Schools, Clubs and other venues to talk about nuclear power stations – how they work, how they can be kept safe etc. In his spare time he is a bat enthusiast and a guard and signalman on the Ffestiniog Railway.

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Titolo: How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor (Popular ...
Casa editrice: Springer (edition 1st ed. 2019)
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.