Microwave heating is a highly efficient technique for various thermal processes. It offers many advantages when compared to conventional processing...

Large scale production and consumption of biofuel is being promoted by many nations because of its potential for economic, political, and environme...

Non-linear optics (NLO) is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in non-linear media, that is, media in which the dielectric p...

Large-scale power plants and energy producers discard massive heat energy that goes unused. Energy efficiency techniques such as insulation or prop...

A nuclear detonation in the United States is one of the most catastrophic incidents imaginable. While the United States Government is working domes...

To achieve energy security and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction objectives, the United States must develop clean, affordable, domestic energ...

Bahman Zohuri, PhD opens this book by first describing the history of nuclear power plants and then supplements this information by making a case f...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami that severely damaged Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, raised questions in Con...

Nuclear energy is the energy that is directly released from the atomic nucleus. The conversion of nuclear mass to energy is consistent with the mas...

Global inventories of spent nuclear fuel are expected to increase substantially in future years. Because of the widely accepted international princ...

Nuclear materials include materials relevant to nuclear fission and fusion reactors and high power accelerator technologies, and closely related as...

This book provides important research in materials relevant to nuclear fission and fusion reactors and high power accelerator technologies, and in ...

This book examines nuclear oversight, planning and safety efforts at U.S. nuclear power reactors across the United States. The U.S. Nuclear Regulat...

It is an undisputed reality that the energy production and, particularly, the production of electricity and their sustained growth, constitute indi...

This book is concerned about the adequacy of electricity supply and the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions on the environment have prompted policym...

A major concern about the global expansion of nuclear power is the potential spread of nuclear fuel cycle technology (particularly uranium enrichme...

Nuclear reactors play a key role in 21st Century energy production. This book provides critical research in both fission and fusion energy producti...

The March 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant led to a worldwide review of nuclear power programs. NRC licenses and over...

Track detectors were discovered by Young, Silk and Barner and they have been widely used in science and technology. The detection technique based o...

Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Fe...

Ocean and marine energy refers to various forms of renewable electric energy harnessed from the ocean. There are two primary types of ocean energy:...

Access to potential oil and gas resources under the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) continues to be controversial. Moratoria on leasing and deve...

This book explores the prospects and processes of offshore oil and gas resources in the U.S., Cuba and Israel. Access to potential oil and gas reso...

Offshore wind energy can help the nation reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, diversify its energy supply, provide cost-competitive electricity to ...