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"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction : the nuclear vision -- 1.1. Nuclear energy : uranium in a bucket -- 1.2. Atoms for peace -- 1.3. The rise and fall of nuclear power -- 1.4. On to generation IV?2. Nuclear innovation : the early days -- 2.1. Early US experiments -- 2.2. Thorium reactors and fast breeders -- 2.3. What next? -- 2.4. Design p…
"Version: 20180601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references (page 18).1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- Waste immobilisation -- 3. Current directions -- Geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste -- Spent nuclear fuel -- Plutonium : waste or resource? -- 4. Outlook.Nuclear waste--the radioactive by-product from nuclear power generation, nuclear weapons and medical isotope p…
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