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Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It'll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of reactors and what can go wrong with them. Much of this is seen from the viewpoint of a trainee operator on a Pressurised Water Reactor - the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world. Colin Tucker has spent the last thirty years keeping reactors safe. Join him on a tour that is the next best thing to driving a nuclear reactor yourself!

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues Popular science

• Full title: How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor
• Author: Colin Tucker
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264
• EAN: 9783030338756
• ID: 24865049
• Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Weight: 436 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 147 × 16 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. January 2020

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