TY - BOOK AU - Miley,George H. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Life at the center of the energy crisis: a technologist's search for a black swan AV - TK9014.M55 A3 2013eb U1 - 621.48092B 23 PY - 2013/// CY - [Hackensack] N.J. PB - World Scientific KW - Miley, George H. KW - Nuclear engineers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Nuclear energy KW - Research KW - History KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10691866 ER -