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

Name: Life At The Center Of The Energy Crisis: A Technologist's Search For A Black Swan
ISBN: 9789814436519

A Technologist's Search for a Black Swan

George H Miley,

236 pages
English
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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

George H Miley,

About this book

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
Fusion Propulsion and Space Colonization
Nuclear Batteries
Computation and Theory
Nuclear Power Plant Safety and the Illinois Low-Level Waste Site
Teaching, Education, and University Administration
Creation of a Small Company, NPL Associates, Inc.
Where Am I in the Search? What Have I Found?
Concluding Comments
Timeline of Events

Readership: Undergraduates and PhDs, as well as anyone in the general public interested in the history of the field.

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