{"product_id":"9781908977441","title":"An Atomic Empire: A Technical History of the Rise and Fall of the British Atomic Energy Programme","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritain was the first country to exploit atomic energy on a large scale, and at its peak in the mid-1960s, it had generated more electricity from nuclear power than the rest of the world combined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe civil atomic energy programme grew out of the military programme which produced plutonium for atomic weapons. In 1956, Calder Hall power station was opened by the Queen. The very next year, one of the early Windscale reactors caught fire and the world's first major nuclear accident occurred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe civil programme ran into further difficulty in the mid-1960s and as a consequence of procrastination in the decision-making process, the programme lost momentum and effectively died. No nuclear power stations have been built since Sizewell B in the late 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a study of Government papers that have recently become available in the public domain. For the first time in history, the research reactor programme is presented in detail, along with a study of the decision-making by the Government, the Atomic Energy Authority (AEA), and the Central Electricity Board (CEGB). This book is aimed at both specialists in nuclear power and the interested public as a technical history on the development and ultimate failure of the British atomic energy programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtomic Physics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople and Places\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe British Production Piles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe British Bomb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Windscale Incident\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fast Reactor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePIPPA and Calder Hall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCTR and ZETA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearch Reactors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Magnox Stations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Second Power Programme: The Alternatives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe SGHWR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDRAGON and the HTR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtomic Energy at Sea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Readers with an interest in the history of atomic energy in the UK.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Imperial College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151370993904,"sku":"9781908977441","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908977441_p0.jpg?v=1763622525","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908977441","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}