02384nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10691866 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 130208s2013 njuac sb 001 0aeng d 2012046467 9789814436489 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9789814436502 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)840416029 n-us--- TK9014.M55 A3 2013eb 621.48092 B 23 Miley, George H. (George Hunter), 1933- Life at the center of the energy crisis [electronic resource] : a technologist's search for a black swan / George H. Miley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. [Hackensack] N.J. : World Scientific, c2013. xix, 213 p. : ill., ports. Includes bibliographical references and index. Early days and searching for a starting path -- Burnable poison control for nuclear submarine reactors -- Nuclear pulse propagation and fission reactor kinetics -- Nuclear pumped laser (NPL) research -- Direct electron beam pumped laser -- Advanced lasers -- Alpha particle effects in thermonuclear fusion devices -- Alternate fusion concepts -- Advanced fuel fusion and direct energy conversion -- Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) -- Inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion -- Low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) -- Hydrogen economy and fuel cells -- Fusion propulsion and space colonization -- Nuclear batteries -- Computation and theory -- Nuclear power plant safety board and Illinois low-level waste site -- Teaching, education, and university administration -- Creation of a small company, NPL Associates, Inc -- Where am I in the search? What have I found? -- Concluding comments. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Miley, George H. (George Hunter), 1933- Nuclear engineers United States Biography. Nuclear energy Research United States History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10691866 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 10090 10090