Foreword by Dr.Patrick Moore vii
Introduction
1.Energy use
1.1 Sources of energy
1.2 Sustainability of energy
1.3 Energy demand
1.4 Energy supply
1.5 Changes in energy demand and supply
1.6 Future energy demand and supply
2.Electricity today and tomorrow
2.1 Electricity demand
2.2 Electricity supply
2.3 Fuels for electricity generation today
2.4 Provision for future base-load electricity
2.5 Renewable energy sources
2.6 Coal and uranium compared
2.7 Energy inputs to generate electricity
2.8 Economic factors
3.Nuclear power and its fuels
3.1 Mass to energy in the reactor core
3.2 Nuclear power reactors - basic design
Panel： Components common to most types of nuclear reactor
3.3 Uranium availability
3.4 Nuclear weapons as a source of fuel
3.5 Thorium as a nuclear fuel
3.6 Accelerator-driven systems
3.7 Physics of a nuclear reactor
4.Types of nuclear power reactor
4.1 Today's power reactors
4.2 Advanced power reactors
4.3 Floating nuclear power plants
4.4 Modular light water reactors
4.5 High temperature reactors
4.6 Fast neutron reactors
4.7 Very small nuclear power reactors
5.The 'front end' of the nuclear fuel cycle
5.1 Mining and milling of uranium ore
5.2 The nuclear fuel cycle
Panel： Uranium enrichment
5.3 Thorium cycle
6.The 'back end' of the nuclear fuel cycle
6.1 Nuclear wastes
6.2 Reprocessing used fuel
6.3 High-level wastes from reprocessing
Panel： Transporting radioactive materials
6.4 Storage and disposal of high-level wastes
6.5 Decommissioning nuclear reactors
7.Other nuclear energy applications
7.1 Transport
7.2 Hydrogen production and use
7.3 Process heat
7.4 Desalination
7.5 Marine propulsion
7.6 Radioisotope systems and reactors for space
7.7 Research reactors， making radioisotopes
8.Environment， health and safety
8.1 Greenhouse gas emissions
8.2 Other environmental effects
8.3 Health effects of power generation
8.4 Radiation exposure
8.5 Reactor safety
9.Avoiding weapons proliferation
9.1 International cooperation to achieve security
9.2 International nuclear safeguards
9.3 Fissile materials
9.4 Recycling military uranium and plutonium for electricity
9.5 Australian and Canadian nuclear safeguards policies
10.History of nuclear energy
10.1 Exploring the nature of the atom
10.2 Harnessing nuclear fission
10.3 Nuclear physics in Russia
10.4 Conceiving the atomic bomb
10.5 Developing the concepts： bomb and boiler
10.6 The Manhattan Project
10.7 The Soviet bomb
10.8 Revival of the 'nuclear boiler'
10.9 Nuclear energy goes commercial
10.10 The nuclear power renaissance
Appendices
1.Ionising radiation and how it is measured
2.Some radioactive decay series
3.Environmental and ethical aspects of radioactive waste management
4.Some useful references
Glossary
Index
Figures
Chapter
1.Consumption of fossil fuels
2.Primary energy supply
3.World primary energy demand
4.World electricity consumption
Chapter
5.Load curves for a typical grid
5A.Load curves with overnight charging
6.Fuel for electricity generation
7.Fuel and waste comparison for uranium and coal
8.US electricity production costs
9.Projected electricity costs， Finland
Chapter
10.Fission in conventional and fast neutron reactors
11.Pressurised water reactor
12.Known uranium resources & exploration expenditure
13.World uranium production and demand
14.Neutron cross-sections for fission
15.Distribution of fission products
Chapter
Chapter
16.The open nuclear fuel cycle
17.The closed nuclear fuel cycle
18.The fast neutron reactor fuel cycle
Chapter
19.What happens in a light water reactor
20.Vitrified waste （simulated）
21.Fission product decay in used fuel
22.High-level waste from used fuel decay curve
Chapter
23.Greenhouse gas emissions in electricity production
24.Deaths from energy-related accidents
Chapter
25.Plutonium in the reactor core
Tables
1.Electricity production growth
2.Fuel energy conversion data
3.Projected capacity additions and investment
4.Actual costs of electricity
5.Nuclear power's role in electricity production
6.Uranium concentrations in nature
7.Known recoverable resources of uranium
8.Operable nuclear power plants
9.Advanced nuclear power reactors
10.High temperature reactors
11.Fast neutron reactors
12.Commercial reprocessing capacity
13.MOX fuel fabrication capacities
14.Energy production accident statistics
15.Energy-related accidents
16.Ionising radiation
17.International Nuclear Event Scale
18.Serious reactor accidents
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