Nuclear Batteries and Radioisotopes

by Mark A. Prelas, Matthew Boraas, Fernando De La Torre Aguilar

This book explains the physics of nuclear battery operation. It provides a comprehensive background that allows readers to understand all past and future developments in the field. The supply and cost of radioisotopes for use in applications (focused on nuclear batteries) are covered in the initial sections of the text. The interaction of ionizing radiation with matter is discussed as applied to nuclear batteries. The physics of interfacing the radioisotopes to the transducers which represent the energy conversion mechanism for nuclear batteries are described for possible nuclear battery configurations. Last but not least the efficiencies of nuclear battery configurations are discussed combined with a review of the literature on nuclear battery research.

369 pages, Hardcover

Published August 5, 2016

About the author

Dr Mark A. Prelas is an award-winning author whose works include numerous books, and articles in the fields of science, nonproliferation, energy, the environment, counterterrorism as well as the memoir, In the Time of Madmen. He was a Fulbright Fellow. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Nuclear Society. He received the TAAs Textbook Excellence Award. In the Time of Madmen is a @bookexcellenceawards Award Finalist! Check it out here: www.bookexcellence.com #bookexcellenceawards #bookboost #bookbuzz #bookmarketing #author #publisher #amwriting #authorRT
The book is also a Global Book Awards Silver Medalist, and a Southern California Book Festival Runner Up.