Developments at the nanoscale are leading to new possibilities and challenges for nuclear applications in areas ranging from medicine to international commerce to atomic power production/waste treatment. Progress in nanotech is helping the nuclear industry slash the cost of energy production. It also continues to improve application reliability and safety measures, which remain a critical concern, especially since the reactor disasters in Japan.
Exploring the new wide-ranging landscape of nuclear function, Atomic Nanoscale Technology in the Nuclear Industry details the breakthroughs in nanoscale applications and methodologies that are revolutionizing power production, biotechnology, and material science.
Developments in atomic nanoscale technology have given us the ability to:
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Use ion beams to Investigate and optimize radiation energy losses at the nanoscopic level
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Assess nanoscopic safety circumstances involved in a reactor failure
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Analyze characteristics of nuclear spacecraft operating in the nanogravity of deep space
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Evaluate light collection enhancement for digital X-ray detection
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Apply brachytherapy using radioisotopes for cancer therapy
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Treat nuclear waste at the nanoscopic level
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Use systems-thinking decision making to analyze financial progress of nanotech in the energy industry
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Assess safety (and safety management methods) for nuclear nanomaterials used in plant operations
Representing a first step in multi-combinatorial research, this text incorporates advanced studies that use Monte Carlo and solid-state measurement (including radiation detection) methods. Researchers used these to demonstrate the potential to upgrade methods of radiation protection and nuclear reactor operation (safety, waste disposal, etc.). The author also addresses how we can use nanotechnology to address industrial concerns and enhance nuclear medicine techniques. He highlights several nanomaterial systems and devices to illustrate developments in this area.
Preface
Author
Contributors
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Section I : Atomic Nanoscale Power
Chapter 2 : Nanoscopic Nuclear Waste Treatment Using Ion Beam Injection in a Drum-Type Container
Chapter 3 : Lattice Squeezed Nuclear Reaction (LSNR) of a Power Cell for Nanoscopic Investigations Using Ion Beam Injections
Chapter 4 : Safety Assessment Study in Nanoscopic Circumstances for an Accidental Cooling Loop Failure (ACLF) in a Lunar Nuclear Power Reactor (LNPR)
Chapter 5 : Analysis for Characteristics of Nuclear Spacecraft in a Nanogravity Environment for Deep Space Exploration
Section II : Atomic Nanoscale Biotechnology
Chapter 6 : Light Collection Enhancement Analysis for Digital X-Ray Detector Using Gd2O2S:Tb and CsI:Tl Phosphors in Nanoscale Treatment
Chapter 7 : Measurement Profiles of Nanoscale Ion Beam for Optimized Radiation Energy Losses
Chapter 8 : Brachytherapy for Nanoscale Cancer Therapy Using Radioisotopes
Section III : Atomic Nanoscale Material Management
Chapter 9 : Analysis for Nanotechnology Financial Progression in the Energy Industry Using Systems Thinking Decision Making
Chapter 10 : Safeguard Assessment of Nanoscale Nuclear Material in Nuclear Power Plant Operations Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process and Production Function
Chapter 11 : Investigation of Safeguards Management for Operation Security of Nanoscale Nuclear Material in Nuclear Power Plants Using Game Theory
Conclusions
Index
