Nuclear Powered Generation of Electricity: A World Evaluation

The book covers the background to nuclear power with suitable calculations, and reactor types including Magnox, pressurised water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR) are described with examples. A country-by-country coverage of past and present electricity generation is presented. Nuclear fuels described in detail include natural uranium, enriched uranium and mixed oxide fuel (MOX). There are many illustrations. At the end of the book the discussion moves from fission to fusion, and the operation of a tokamak is described.