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Summary:

Are you afraid of a nuclear reactor accident? Should you be? This book will arm you with the scientific knowledge necessary to make a rational and informed opinion on the subject, without having to be an expert in nuclear physics. Written so that a non-specialist can easily approach the highly technical aspects, it looks at all significant nuclear reactor accidents since the dawn of the Atomic Age and brings to light many crucial details that rarely, if ever, appear in the general media. Serge Marguet, an internationally renowned expert in reactor physics, breaks down the must-know technical aspects of numerous nuclear reactor accidents throughout history both famous and unknown from the first ever nuclear accident in Leipzig to the Chernobyl explosion and, finally, the Fukushima affair and its most recent developments. With many high-quality photographs and diagrams, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned about nuclear safety, curious about nuclear reactors, or simply interested in the history and future of nuclear power.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Physics of Severe Nuclear Accidents
• 3. Pre-1980 Severe Accidents
• 4. Three Mile Island
• 5. Chernobyl
• 6. Fukushima.

Author/Creator:

Marguet, Serge , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Accidents de réacteurs nucléaires [by Marguet, S.] (English)

Related Series:

Springer-Praxis books in popular science

Subjects:

Nuclear reactor accidents — History

Nuclear energy — Safety measures

Nuclear power plants — Safety measures

Nuclear reactors — Safety measures

Nuclear reactor accidents

Nuclear energy

Nuclear power plants

Nuclear reactors

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 07, 2023).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

TK9152 .M374 2022eb

ISBNs:

3031105001 (electronic book)
9783031105005 (electronic bk.)
3031104994 [Invalid]
9783031104992 [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/978-3-031-10500-5

OCLC Numbers:

1366112034