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How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor


How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor


Springer Praxis Books

von: Colin Tucker

CHF 29.50

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 25.01.2020
ISBN/EAN: 9783030338763
Sprache: englisch

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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!
<p>One Man and His Dog.-&nbsp;Physics is Phun.-&nbsp;Being Friendly to Neutrons.-&nbsp;Criticality is Not as Bad as it Sounds.-&nbsp;What Makes Nuclear Special?.- The Thing you put your Reactor in.....-&nbsp;Pull the Rods Out and Stand Back.- Watt Power?.-&nbsp;Your Reactor is Stable (Part One).- You've got to do Something with all that Steam....-&nbsp;The Big Red Button.-&nbsp;Your Reactor is Stable (Part Two).- Putting a Spin on it.- Going Up!.- Power, and How to Change it.- Steady Power with Nothin to do?.- It's All About Safety.- What Can Go Wrong (and what you can do about it...).- Smaller isn't Always Easier.- What Else Can Go Wrong?.- When you run out of Oomph.- Other Reactor Designs are Available.-&nbsp; How to Build your own Reactor.- And there's more....-&nbsp;Conclusion.</p>
<p>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.&nbsp;Over much of his career he has spent time visiting Schools, Clubs and other venues to talk about nuclear&nbsp;power stations – how they work, how they can be kept safe etc. In&nbsp;his spare time he is a bat enthusiast and a guard and signalman on the Ffestiniog Railway.</p>
Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This book&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;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!
Shows you that Reactor Physics isn’t Rocket Science Explains why Reactors are much Safer than you might think Enables anyone to understand how a Nuclear Reactor works The next best thing to driving one for real

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