The Nuclear-Water Nexus
$132.27
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2025
Summary
Splitting atoms is a water-intensive business. To operate efficiently and safely, a standard nuclear reactor needs around 50 cubic meters (13,000 gallons) of water per second—equivalent to the flow of a mid-sized river or large irrigation canal.
In The Nuclear-Water Nexus, Per Hågselius and Siegfried Evens bring together 25 authors from 12 countries to explore the resulting entanglements between society, technology, and nature, to show how nuclear energy’s dependence on water…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552288 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262552280 |
| Author: | Per Hogselius, Siegfried Evens |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
You Can Find This Book In
Per Hogselius
Per H gselius is Professor of History of Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. His English-language publications include the award-winning Red Gas, Europe’s Infrastructure Transition (coauthored with Arne Kaijser and Erik van der Vleuten), and Energy and Geopolitics. He led the ERC-funded project NUCLEARWATERS.
Siegfried Evens is a historian specialized in the history of technology, risk, and disaster. He obtained his PhD at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, in 2024. His thesis was part of the ERC-funded NUCLEARWATERS project and studied the regulation of water and steam technologies in nuclear power plants. He is currently a FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellow at KU Leuven.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.