UID:
edocfu_9959245961102883
Format:
1 online resource (449 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-7735-6653-8
Content:
Written by sixteen of Canada's pioneering nuclear scientists, the book focuses on Canada's nuclear program at AECL's laboratories at Chalk River, Ontario, and Whiteshell, Manitoba, between the years 1943 and 1985. Topics include the organization and operations of AECL's laboratories, nuclear safety and radiation protection, radioisotopes, basic research, development of the CANDU reactor, and the management of radioactive wastes. As well as providing a valuable historical perspective on Canadian science, Canada Enters the Nuclear Age offers useful guidance for innovative scientific development in the future, a future that will depend on developing and nurturing technically sophisticated industry.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Authors""; ""INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""; ""1 Overview of Nuclear Research and Development""; ""INFRASTRUCTURE AND LABORATORIES""; ""2 Organization, Management and Operations""; ""RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY""; ""3 Radiation Protection""; ""4 Nuclear Reactor Safety Principles""; ""RADIOISOTOPES""; ""5 Radioisotopes""; ""BASIC RESEARCH""; ""6 Basic Research: An Introduction""; ""7 Chemistry and Materials Science""; ""8 Physics""; ""9 Accelerators and Fusion""; ""CANDU DEVELOPMENT""; ""10 CANDU and its Evolution""
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""11 Reactor Physics and Control""""12 Fuel Channels""; ""13 Fuel""; ""14 Heat Transport System""; ""15 Safety Research and Development""; ""16 Boiling-Light-Water and Organic-Cooled CANDU Reactors""; ""17 Heavy Water""; ""18 Advanced Fuel Cycles""; ""WASTE MANAGEMENT""; ""19 Waste Management""; ""ADAPTING TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT""; ""20 Business Development, Revenue Generation and the Impact of Change""; ""A RETROSPECTIVE""; ""21 Learning from History""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""
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""S""""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7735-1601-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780773566538
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