Handbook of Generation IV Nuclear Reactors, Second Edition is a fully revised and updated comprehensive resource on the latest research and advances in generation IV nuclear reactor concepts. Editor Igor Pioro and his team of expert contributors have updated every chapter to reflect advances in the field since the first edition published in 2016. The book teaches the reader about available technologies, future prospects and the feasibility of each concept presented, equipping them users with a strong skillset which they can apply to their own work and research.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Part I: Generation IV nuclear-reactor concepts
2. Generation IV International Forum
3. Very high-temperature reactor
4. Gas-cooled fast reactors (GFRs)
5. Sodium-cooled fast reactor
6. Lead-cooled fast reactor
7. Molten salt fast reactors
8. Super-critical water-cooled reactors
Part II: Current status of Generation IV activities in selected countries
9. Generation IV: USA
10. Generation IV: European Union
11. Generation IV concepts: Japan
12. Generation IV concepts: USSR and Russia
13. Generation IV concepts in Korea
14. Generation IV concepts: China
15. Generation IV concepts: India
Part III: Related topics to Generation IV nuclear reactor concepts
16. The Safety and Risk Assessment of Advanced Reactors
17. Nonproliferation for advanced reactors: political and social aspects
18. Thermal aspects of conventional and alternative fuels
19 Generation IV Reactors for Nuclear Hydrogen Production
20. Advanced Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Small- and Medium-size Reactors (S&MRs)
21. Alternative power cycles for Generation-IV reactors
22. Regulatory and Licensing Challenges with Generation-IV Nuclear Energy Systems
Part IV: Nuclear-Power Technologies Beyond Generation-IV concepts
23. ITER. The Way to Fusion Energy