Life At The Center Of The Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search For A Black Swan

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Life At The Center Of The Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search For A Black Swan
A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan
By: George H Miley
Publisher:
WSPC
Print ISBN: 9789814436489, 9814436488
eText ISBN: 9789814436519, 9814436518
Pages: 236
Format: EPUB
Available from $ 15.00 USD
SKU 9789814436519
Life at the Center of the Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan describes the story of the author's work and struggles in the field of energy research. The author's experience in the field spans from work with Admiral Rickover and the Nuclear Navy to research with NASA designing propulsion for spacecraft to travel to Mars. The book provides insights into the differences between nuclear research done during the Cold War by the two superpowers, and offers a commentary on the flaws in each system with hope for change in the future. The book also provides a look into the development of the nuclear engineering program at the University of Illinois from the author's years as a professor and an administrator.
Contents:
Why a “Black Swan”?
Living at the Center of the Energy Crisis
Timeline and Apology
Early Days and Searching for a Starting Path
Burnable Poison Control for Nuclear Submarine Reactors
Nuclear Pulse Propagation and Fission Reactor Kinetics
Nuclear Pumped Laser (NPL) Research
Direct Electron Beam Pumped Laser
Advanced Lasers
Alpha Particle Effects in Thermonuclear Fusion Devices
Alternate Fusion Concepts
Advanced Fuel Fusion and Direct Energy Conversion
Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)
Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Fusion
Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR)
Hydrogen Economy and Fuel Cells

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