description: Advanced Nuclear Reactors deals with an authoritative overview of technologies that could serve as long-term, concentrated, energy-supply sources for mankind.Part I deals with nuclear breeder reactors for which technological implementation has been proven. Breeder reactors could become available at economically competitive prices within a decade or two and provide low-cost electricity for thousands of years thereafter. Properly managed and with appropriate global institutional controls, there should be no harmful environmental impacts associated either with operations or proper disposal of spent fuels.Part II deals with fusion energy. While the fuel-supply horizon is unlimited in terms of possible human history on our planet, technological implementation has been slower than was hoped for three decades ago, prototype costs are large and challenging, engineering and perhaps scientific problems remain before successful implementation will be accomplished.
language: English
title: Advanced Nuclear Reactors: Current Developments and Future Prospects
titlecomplete: Advanced Nuclear Reactors: Current Developments and Future Prospects
publisher: Elsevier Science