Published 2011 | Version v1
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Nuclear power plants. Fundamentals, application and hazards of radioactivity

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Description

The book includes the following chapters: (1) Fundamentals of atomic physics.(2) Radioactive radiation. (3) Nuclear power plants. (4) Reactor types: light water-cooled reactor, heavy-water reactor, high-temperature reactor, breeding reactor. (5) Fuel cycle: uranium mining, uranium isotope enrichment, NPP operation, spent fuel processing, radioactive waste disposal. (6) Measured variables and units: radiation, radiation dose, mass end energy. (7) Radioactivity measurement. (8) Hazards due to radioactive radiation.

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Additional titles

Original title (German)
Atomkraftwerke. Grundlagen, Nutzung, Gefahren der Radioaktivitaet

Publishing Information

Publisher
Verlagshaus Schlosser
Imprint Place
Friedberg (Germany)
ISBN
978-3-86937-255-6
Imprint Pagination
207 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
43043816
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMIC PHYSICS; BREEDER REACTORS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; DOSIMETRY; FUEL CYCLE; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HTR REACTOR; MEASURING METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY
Descriptors DEC
DOSES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; HAZARDS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PHYSICS; POOL TYPE REACTORS; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; TRAINING REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS