The New Nuclear Power

A Journey through the Future of Energy

Stefano Buono, Antonio Ereditato

• Publisher: EGEA Spa - Bocconi University Press
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9791281627611
• Subtopic: Mechanical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Explore the future of nuclear energy through a revolutionary perspective. An essential guide to understanding how nuclear innovation can transform our energy, climate, and social worlds. Buono and Ereditato illuminate the path to a sustainable tomorrow. Nuclear energy is undergoing a technological renaissance that promises to revolutionize our approach to energy production. In this seminal book, authors Stefano Buono and Antonio Ereditato present a lucid and scientific vision of the crucial role that nuclear energy will play in the transition to a sustainable future, addressing the climate and energy challenges of our time. Through an in-depth analysis of the latest innovations, from fourth-generation nuclear power to small modular reactors, the authors debunk common misconceptions and illustrate how new nuclear technologies can be integrated with renewable energies. The book also explores revolutionary applications in medicine, industry, and transportation, offering a comprehensive perspective on the potential of this energy source. Readers will gain a clear and objective understanding of new nuclear power, supported by scientific data and concrete examples. This essential book provides the tools needed to participate in the energy debate with full knowledge of the facts, understanding how nuclear energy can contribute to a greener, safer, and more prosperous future for all.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Description
• Biography
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of contents
• Foreword
• 1. On an Oil Platform, in the Gulf of Mexico. Energy Sources and Global Warming
• 2. At a Nuclear Power Plant in the Southwest US. Without Prejudice
• 3. At CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. A Bit of Atomic Physics
• 4. City of London, United Kingdom. For Sustainable Decarbonisation
• 5. Catamaran Elssa, Strait of Malacca. Renewables: Green and other Colours
• 6. ENEA-Newcleo Research Centre in Brasimone, Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. The Fourth Generation
• 7. Paris, France (August 2050). A Vehicle for Democracy
• Acknowledgements
• The Authors