Who Needs Nuclear Power

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-26693-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Who Needs Nuclear Power challenges conventional thinking about the role of civil nuclear power in a rapidly changing energy context, where new energy carriers are penetrating markets around the world.

Against the backdrop of a global energy transition and the defining issue of Climate Change, Chris Anastasi assesses new nuclear build in a fast-moving sector in which new technologies and practices are rapidly emerging. He considers various countries at different stages of nuclear industry development, and discusses their political, legal and technical institutions that provide the framework for both existing nuclear facilities and new build, as well as a country’s technical capability. He also highlights the critical issue of nuclear safety culture, exploring how organisations go about instilling it and maintaining it in their operations and encouraging it in their supply chains; the critical role played by independent regulators and international institutions in ensuring the integrity of the industry is also highlighted.

This book provides a balanced and holistic view of nuclear power for both an expert and non-expert audience, and a realistic assessment of the potential for this technology over the critical period to 2050 and beyond.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anastasi, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau Mechatronik, Mikrosysteme (MEMS), Nanosysteme
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Can Civil Nuclear Power be a ‘Disruptive’ Technology in the 21st Century? 1. A Changing Context for Civil Nuclear Power 2. Strengths of the Nuclear Option 3. Weaknesses of the Nuclear Option 4. The Importance of Nuclear Safety Culture 5. An Energy Transition in the 21st Century Part 2: Will Civil Nuclear Power be a ‘Disruptive’ Technology in the 21st Century? 6. Nuclear Power in a Global Context 7. Developments in Selected Countries 8. Potential Role of Nuclear at a Country Level 9. Nuclear Power in the 21st Century

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Anastasi is an expert on energy and the related issue of Climate Change and a published author. He has led teams in both major international energy companies and academia, working across the energy spectrum in the UK and in countries in different parts of the world.