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Re: [cdn-nucl-l] Re: A Book to Greatly Increase the Public's Understanding and Acceptance of Nuclear Power
There seems to be a flexible, fairly low-cost publishing option at
<
http://www.lulu.com/>.
George
Stanford
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At 01:25 PM 6/23/2006, Robert Pasuta wrote:
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Regards,
Robert,
Cdn-Nuc-L Admin.
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Dear Friend,
Re:- A Book to Greatly Increase the Public's Understanding and
Acceptance of Nuclear Power
You may already be aware of Roger Steed's having written a
fully illustrated book, Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond. Having
been
in the nuclear industry since 1969, Roger retired almost three years
ago
from NB Power's Point Lepreau Generating Station, where he then was
the
technical supervisor, nuclear materials management. I have known
him
for a good many years, and he first showed me his manuscript in
February, 2002. I was most impressed by it. He told me then
that he
had written it to the non-technically-educated lay person, but I
felt
that it would also be very helpful to many people in the nuclear
industry. He had shown it to Elgin Horton at the same CNA conference
in
Ottawa, and Elgin was similarly impressed, and was pleased to write
the
book's foreword.
Since then, my having kept in touch with Roger, I know he
has done his absolute best to get it published, and I should tell you
he
is already the published author of three books. He has approached
13
Canadian literary agents and 50 Canadian and 4 American publishers,
but
has so far had no success in finding a publisher who was willing to
"royalty publish" it. However, he is now in touch with
General Store
Publishing House, (GSPH) in Renfrew, Ontario, whose senior editor
has
already reviewed his manuscript, and recommended to Tim Gordon, the
publisher, that he publish the book. This publishing firm is willing
to
"co-publish" Roger's book, and will contribute 1/4 of the
$40,000 (plus
GST) cost to publish 2,000 copies, but Roger has to find sponsors
who
will be willing to contribute 3/4 of the publishing cost. This has
not
been easy.
Accordingly, I would like to ask you to strongly consider
contributing to the sponsorship funding required. I should stress
to
you that should you wish to contribute to the sponsorship funding,
the
publisher will proportionately return your funding progressively, so
that, should all 2,000 copies of the book be sold, each sponsor will
have received back precisely what he contributed.
I would also like to suggest you consider pre-purchasing one or more
copies of Roger's book. GSPH's publisher, Tim Gordon, has
informed
Roger that the retail purchase price of the book would be $40.00,
but
the total pre-purchasing price for purchasers in North America,
including shipping and GST, will be only $33.00.
Please review the attached files which contain a one-page
summary of this 420 page book, a one-page table of contents, and also
a
much more detailed four-page table of contents, the latter giving
the
best impression of its most interesting contents. I am convinced
this
is a unique and most worthwhile book which will greatly increase the
public's understanding, and thereby acceptance of nuclear power.
Roger has asked me to inform you that, should you wish to
pre-purchase copies of the book, you should contact General Store
Publishing House either by phone, at 1-800-465-6072, or by e-mail at
orders@gsph.com. Persons wishing to order more than one book
should
contact Tim Gordon, who will revise the total price in accordance
with
the different shipping cost. He is willing to take payment by
cheque,
or VISA or Mastercard, and will not cash cheques or process credit
card
payments until sufficient pre-publishing orders and funding
donations
have been received to equal 3/4 of the $40,000 publishing cost.
Should
you wish to write to General Store publishing House, the address
is:-
General Store Publishing House
499 O'Brien Road, Box 415
Renfrew, Ontario
Canada
K7V 4A6
Incidentally, Roger would greatly appreciate your e-mailing
him, at rgsteed@nbnet.nb.ca so he may monitor the funding donations
and
pre-purchasing orders, to be able to predict when the publishing
will
"go critical"! He will also be pleased to answer any of
your questions.
You may like to look at General Store Publishing House's
website, at
http://www.gsph.com/index.php?Lang=En&ID=1. Quoting a
sentence from the website, "Since 1981, General Store Publishing
House,
located in the historic Ottawa Valley, has published more than 500
titles for the enjoyment of millions of readers around the
world."
I very much hope you will seriously consider providing
support funding or pre-purchasing of Roger's book, as achieving the
publication of this book will be most worthwhile for our industry,
as
well as for the future of our country to help increase the production
of
nuclear-generated electricity.
Best regards,
Lloyd Jones,
Former President and Chief Operating Officer,
Zircatec Precision Industries Inc.
Former Chairman of Canadian Nuclear Association
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Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond
How it works, what it looks like, and why it's safe
This book's purpose is to show you how nuclear power
stations work, what their equipment looks like, and why they're
safe.
You don't need an engineering or science degree, or even any
university
degree at all to understand it!
It begins by explaining how nuclear fission works, how
nuclear reactors are controlled, how their safety systems protect
us,
and then after outlining the world's reactor types, it launches out
into
describing Canadian nuclear power stations' equipment, with many
excellent drawings and photographs. Because Canadian reactors are
re-fuelled while they are operating at high power, unlike most of
the
world's other reactors, which must be shut down to be re-fuelled,
the
fuel handling equipment of Canadian reactors is fully described,
together with how it works.
Since it's most important to prevent a nuclear power
station's reactor having a meltdown, a chapter entitled 'Keeping
Your
Fuel Cool' then explains how this is most reliably achieved. Because
many people are very concerned that nuclear power will lead to
countries
having nuclear weapons, a full description of the relations between
nuclear power and nuclear weapons is given, including how the Treaty
on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is enforced.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's control of nuclear
power in Canada is frequently mentioned, showing how the safety of
nuclear power is maintained, and how radioactive nuclear waste is
handled and stored to ensure that nuclear power station workers' and
the
entire Canadian public's safety is ensured.
As many people have had no opportunity to visit a power
station at all, the conventional, or non-nuclear, side of a nuclear
power station is described and fully illustrated. You'll see what is
inside turbines and generators.
To address many of your concerns, radiation protection, the
economy of CANDU reactors, the life span of nuclear plants, plant
decommissioning, and things that can go wrong are all discussed.
Very
significantly, nuclear reactor accidents are explained, including
the
Three Mile Island and Chernobyl events, which you have all heard
of.
Finally, in appendices, the particulars of all Canadian
reactors, including Canadian off-shore reactors, are listed, as well
as
the particulars of our American neighbours' nuclear power stations,
together with many other details, including the performance of all
the
world's nuclear power reactors. And to ensure that you don't get
confused by words you might not use frequently, the book ends with a
glossary!
In short, this book's intention is to give you a very good
understanding of nuclear power, and why it is indeed very safe, in
the
hope that you will be much more content that it is used, and that
its
increased use will protect our environment, and decrease global
warming.
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Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Elgin Horton
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Nuclear Fission Explained
2. Reactor Control
3. Reactor Protection
4. Emergency Core Cooling and Containment
Systems
5. World's Major Reactor Types
6. Nuclear Reactor Fuel - the CANDU Fuel Bundle
7. Detailed Views of Canadian Nuclear Power Stations
8. Standby and Emergency Power Supply Generators
9. Keeping Your Fuel Cool
10. Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons
11. Heavy Water Management
12. Radioactive Emissions to the Environment
13. Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power
14. Radiation Protection
15. The Conventional Side of a Nuclear Power Station
16. Things that can Go Wrong
17. The Economy of CANDU Reactors
18. The Life Span of Nuclear Plants
19. Plant Decommissioning
20. Photographs and Drawings of various Canadian Nuclear Facilities
21. Drawings and Descriptions of Reactors Other than CANDUs
22. Reactor Accidents: NRX, Windscale, Three Mile Island, and
Chernobyl
Conclusions
Appendices
A Canadian Power Reactors
B Off-Shore CANDU Power Reactors
C Canada's Nearest Nuclear Neighbours - Power Reactors
in the United
States
D Canadian Uranium Mines
E Uranium in Saskatchewan Uranium Reserves and
Resources
F Uranium Milling, Refining and Conversion
G Canadian Heavy Water Production Plants
H Know Your Reactors
I Load Factors to end December, 2004, courtesy of
Nuclear
Engineering International
J Nuclear Power Plants and Their Fuel as Terrorist
Targets
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Nuclear Power in Canada and Beyond
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Elgin Horton
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Nuclear Fission Explained
2. Reactor Control
3. Reactor Protection
4. Emergency Core Cooling and Containment
Systems
5. World's Major Reactor Types
Magnox Reactors
Advanced Gas Cooled
Reactors - AGRs
Pressurized Water
Reactors - PWRs
Boiling Water Reactors -
BWRs
Pressurized Heavy Water
Reactors - CANDUs - PHWRs
Graphite Moderated
Boiling Water Reactors - RBMKs
Miscellaneous Reactor
Types
High Temperature
Gas-Cooled Reactors - HTGRs
Fast Breeder Reactors -
FBRs
6. Nuclear Reactor Fuel - the CANDU Fuel Bundle
Canadian Fuel
Manufacturing
Uranium Mining,
Concentrating and Refining
Reactor On-power
Fuelling
7. Detailed Views of Canadian Nuclear Power Stations
Pickering Nuclear
Generating Station
Control
Room
Reactor
Building Cutaway
Heat
Transport in the Boiler Room
Primary
System Boilers and Pumps
Heat
Transport Pump
Reactor
Building Elevation
Reactor
Assembly
Fuel Channel
Cutaway
Feeder Tube
Arrangement
Vacuum
Building and Relief Duct
Vacuum
Building Spray System
Reactivity
Control Devices
Zone Control
and Flux Detector Rods
Hybrid
Encapsulated Straight Individually
Replaceable (HESIR) flux detector assemblies
Adjuster and
Shut-off Rods
Shutdown
Systems
CANDU 6 Reactor and
Reactivity Mechanisms
Reactor
Assembly
Reactor
General assembly - Section
Reactor
General assembly - Plan
Reactor
Layout - Elevation
Flux
Detector Unit
Typical Ion
Chamber Arrangement
Uncompensated Tri-axial Ionisation Chamber
Adjuster
Unit, Zone Control Unit,
and Shut-off
and Control Absorber Units
Horizontal
Flux Detector Units
Fuel Handling
System
Pickering GS
Fuel Transfer Flow Diagram
New Fuel
Loader
New Fuel
Loading Area (East)
Fuel
Transfer Room
New Fuel
Magazine
Fuel
Transfer Mechanism
Fuel
Transfer Mechanism Telescopic Ram
Fuel
Transfer Port
Spent Fuel
Elevator - Complete
Spent Fuel Elevator - Details of Top and Bottom Housings
Pickering GS General
Layout of Fuelling Machine Facilities
Fuelling
Machine Bridge
Fuelling
Machine Carriage
Fuelling
Machine Head
Snout and
Magazine Assembly, Fuelling Machine Head
Fuelling
Machine Magazine Drive
Fuelling
Machine Separators
Operation of
Side Stops, Sensor and Pusher - 1
Operation of
Side Stops, Sensor and Pusher - 2
Fuelling
Machine Ram - Front of Ram Assembly
Fuelling
Machine Head - Rear of Ram Assembly
Fuelling
Machine Tape Drive
Fuelling
Machine Snout Plug
Operation of
Snout Plug
Coolant
Channel Closure
Fuelling
Machine Guide Sleeve
Coolant
Channel Shield Plug
Ram
Adapter
Fuel
Handling Console
Fuel Handling - On-Power
Fuelling
8. Standby and Emergency Power Supply Generators
9. Keeping Your Fuel Cool
10. Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons
Safeguards
Safeguards,
Non-Proliferation and the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Energy
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (1968)
Situation on 31 December, 1999 with
Respect to the Conclusion of
Safeguards Agreements between
the Agency and Non-Nuclear Weapons
States in Connection with
NPT
Situation on 31 December, 1999 with
Respect to the Conclusion of
Safeguards Agreements between
the Agency and States party to the
Treaty of Tlatelolco
Non-Proliferation Issues, by Dr
Jeremy Whitlock, PhD
11. Heavy Water Management
12. Radioactive Emissions to the Environment
13. Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power
Canadian Wet Spent Fuel Storage
Facilities
Canadian Dry Spent Fuel Storage
Facilities
14. Radiation Protection
15. The Conventional Side of a Nuclear Power Station
16. Things that can Go Wrong
17. The Economy of CANDU Reactors
18. The Life Span of Nuclear Plants
19. Plant Decommissioning
20. Photographs and Drawings of various Canadian Nuclear Facilities
Chalk River Nuclear
Laboratories
Bruce Nuclear GS
Reactor Building
(Cutaway View)
Darlington Nuclear GS
Darlington cutaway
drawings
Darlington Turbine
Hall
Darlington Unit 4
Turbine
Darlington Reactivity
Mechanism Deck
Darlington East Spent
Fuel Bay
Gentilly Nuclear Power Station
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating
Station
Main Control Room
Panels
Equipment Airlock
Personnel Airlock
600 MW Reactor Building
Cutaway
21. Drawings and Descriptions of Reactors Other than CANDUs
Magnox Reactors
Calder Hall and Chapel
Cross
Hunterston
"A"
Wylfa
Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors
Dungeness
"B"
Hartlepool
Heysham
Pressurized Water Reactors
Sequoyah Nuclear Power
Station
Boiling Water Reactors
Vermont Yankee Nuclear
Power Station
Advanced Boiling Water
Reactor
Fast Breeder Reactors
Enrico Fermi, Unit
1
RBMK Light-Water Graphite
Reactor
Positive Void
Coefficient
A table listing the
World's RBMK reactors
Post Accident Changes to
the RBMK, including
Immediate safety
changes
Control rod redesign,
and
Backfitting
22. Reactor Accidents
Fuel Meltdown Incidents, by Kursat
Burak Bekar
The NRX Incident (12 December,
1952), by Peter Jedicke
Windscale (10 October, 1957)
Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island 2
(TMI-2) Reactor Accident, compiled by
Dr. Tony
Baratta
The Accident at Three
Mile Island
What Happened at TMI-2
on 28th March 1979
The Accident
The Accident at Chernobyl Unit 4 (26
April 1986)
Chernobyl - A Canadian
Perspective, by Dr. V.G. Snell and J.Q.
Howieson
Cross-section drawing of
destroyed Chernobyl Unit 4 reactor
Chernobyl - Assessment
of Radiological and Health Impacts -
2002 Update of
Chernobyl: Ten Years On. Reference to this 157
page paper
on the Internet
Conclusions
Appendices
A Canadian Power Reactors
B Off-Shore CANDU Power Reactors
C Canada's Nearest Nuclear Neighbours - Power
Reactors in the United
States
D Canadian Uranium Mines
E Uranium in Saskatchewan Uranium Reserves and
Resources
F Uranium Milling, Refining and Conversion
G Canadian Heavy Water Production Plants
H Know Your Reactors
I Load Factors to end December, 2004, courtesy of
Nuclear
Engineering International
J Nuclear Power Plants and Their Fuel as
Terrorist Targets
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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