Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Organization of the Book -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Energy in Today's World -- Energy on Planet Earth -- What Are the Right Questions? -- Sustainable Nuclear Power -- Chapter 2 The History of Energy -- Energy -- Nature's Methods of Storing Energy -- Man's Interaction with Nature's Stockpiles and Renewable Energies -- The Industrial Revolution and Establishment of Energy Empires -- Environmental Impact -- Environmentally Responsible Nuclear Power -- References -- Chapter 3 Energy Reserves and Renewable Energy Sources -- Fossil Fuel Reserves -- Cosmic History of Fossil Energy Reserves -- Nuclear Energy -- Recent Solar Energy -- Ethanol and Biodiesel from Agricultural Commodities -- Emergence of Nuclear Power -- References -- Chapter 4 Emerging Fuel Technologies and Policies Impacting These Technologies -- Politics of Change in the Energy Industry -- Cost of Feedstock Resources -- Case Study on Investment Decisions and Policy Impacts -- Taxes and Social Cost -- Corporate Lobbying Retrospect -- Diversity as a Means to Produce Market Stability -- The Details Are Important -- Environmental Retrospect -- Efficiency and Breakthrough Technology -- Farm Commodities and Land Utilization -- Global Warming -- Diversity and the Role of Nuclear Power -- References -- Chapter 5 History of Conversion of Thermal Energy to Work -- Use of Thermal Energy -- The Concept of Work -- Early Engine Designs -- Turbine-Based Engines -- Fuel Cells -- Recommended Reading -- General References -- References -- Chapter 6 Transportation -- Transportation Before Petroleum Fuels -- Petroleum Fuels: Their Evolution, Specification, and Processing -- Alternative Fuels -- Vehicular Fuel Conservation and Efficiency -- References.

Chapter 7 Production of Electricity -- History of Production -- Production of Electrical Power -- Recommended Reading -- References -- Chapter 8 Energy in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning -- The Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Industry -- Air Conditioning -- Heating -- Peak Load Shifting and Storing Heat -- The Role of Electrical Power in HVAC to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Example Calculations -- References -- Chapter 9 Electrical Power as Sustainable Energy -- Sustainability and Electrical Power -- Expanded Use of Electrical Power -- Increased Use of Electrical Power in Transportation -- Increased Use of Electrical Power in Space Heating -- Increased Use of Electrical Power for Hot Water Heating -- Topics of National Attention -- Example Calculations -- Recommended Reading -- References -- Chapter 10 Atomic Processes -- Energies of Nuclear Processes -- Chart of the Nuclides -- Nuclear Decay -- Conditions for Successful Nuclear Fission -- Transmutation -- Nuclear Fusion -- Radiological Toxicology -- References -- Chapter 11 Recycling and Waste Handling for Spent Nuclear Fuel -- The Nuclear Energy Industry -- Recycling and Green Chemistry -- Why Reprocess Spent Nuclear Fuel? -- Discovery and Recovery -- Reprocessing: Recovery of Unused Fuel -- Waste Generation from Reprocessing -- Report to Congress -- References -- Chapter 12 Nuclear Power Plant Design -- Advances in Thermal Efficiency -- Steam Cycles in Commercial Operation -- Generation IV Nuclear Power Plants -- Lessons from History -- Challenges in Nuclear Power Plant Design -- Implementation Strategies and Priorities -- Recommended Reading -- References -- Chapter 13 For-Profit Industrial Drivers -- Levelized Cost Approach -- Capital Costs -- Case Studies -- Costs of Reprocessing -- Advocates for Nuclear Power -- Transportation and Nuclear Power.

Expanded Use of Nuclear Power in Residence and Commercial Applications -- Approaches to Long-Term Handling of Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Fuel Costs and Energy Options -- Comparison to Other Studies on Economics of Nuclear Power -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Index.