Nuclear Energy:

Peaceful Ways of Serving Humanity

Edited by:

Dr. Mir F. Ali

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This book is dedicated to Les Bjola, Chief Executive Officer, Turner Lane Development Corporation (TLD), who inspired me to investigate the portable applications of nuclear energy to heat/cool and light buildings that he was planning to build with the focus on safety, affordability, and carbon neutrality. This was just a start which consecutively led me to devoting my major efforts to exploring every aspect of peaceful use of nuclear energy. Mir F. Ali

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PROLOGUE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1: BACKGROUND: 1.1 NUCLEAR ENERGY:
Chapter 01 - Atoms for Peace Nuclear Energy

1.2

NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS:

Chapter 02 - Nuclear Power Reactors Components Chapter 03 - Research Nuclear Reactors Chapter 04 - Conventional Nuclear Power Reactors Chapter 05 - Small Nuclear Power Reactors Chapter 06 - Generation III Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors Part 1 Chapter 07 - Generation III Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors Part 2 Chapter 08 - Generation IV Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors

1.3

MARIN PROPULSION AND CIVIL VESSELS:

Chapter 09 - Nuclear Marine Propulsion Chapter 10 - Nuclear Civil Vessels Nuclear Merchant Ships Chapter 11 - Nuclear Civil Vessels Nuclear Icebreakers Chapter 12 - Nuclear Civil Vessels Nuclear Cruise Ships

SECTION 2: APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES: 2.1 GENERAL APPLICATIONS:

Chapter 13 - Electricity, Heat, and Cogeneration Chapter 14 - Seawater Desalination Chapter 15 - Nuclear Heat for Hydrogen Production Chapter 16 - Nuclear Accelerators and Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS)

2.2

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE:

Chapter 17 - Improving Livestock Productivity and Health Chapter 18 - Insect Pest Control Chapter 19 - Food Quality and Safety Chapter 20 - Crop Improvement

2.3

SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT:

Chapter 21 - Improving Agricultural Water Management Chapter 22 - Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change

2.4

HUMAN HEALTH
Chapter 23 Combating Malnutrition Nuclear Techniques Chapter 24 Hybrid Imaging SPECT/CT and PET/CT Chapter 25 Advances in Radiation Oncology Applications Chapter 26 Impact of Digital Technology on Radiological X-Ray Imaging

2.5

ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 27 Nuclear Techniques for the Quantification of Submarine Groundwater Chapter 28 Applying Nuclear Techniques in Assessing Particle Fluxes from Ocean to Seafloor

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Chapter 29 Fact before Act Chapter 30 Using Stable ISOTOPES to understand Groundwater Availability and Quality

2.7 2.7.1

RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION AND RADIATION TECHNOLOGY RADIO ISOTOPES and RADIOPHARMACEUTICLES

Chapter 31 - Radio ISOTOPE Products and their Availability Chapter 32 Security of Supplies of Molybdenum-99

2.7.2 RADIATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

Chapter 33 Electron Beam Sterilization of Aseptic Packaging Materials and Containers Chapter 34 Radiation Synthesis of Carbon-Based Nanostructures

SECTION 3: SAFETY, SECURITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY:

SECTION 04: ECONOMY, PROSPERITY, AND CARBON NEUTRALITY

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