ABSTRACT
The transition from manual labour and animals to steam and wind power was the first major transition to occur to humans, which was quickly followed by the development of the first electric generator in 1880, and this created Thomas Edison’s electric plant in New York City, which led to the first electric light, to the financial sector and the New York Times. The areas of concern in the nuclear power arena centre around such matters as nuclear fission, radioactivity, reactor designs and the overwhelming need for a safety philosophy. The various types and designs of nuclear reactors basically revolve around the control of fission and the prevention of radiation leakage – and disaster. The ability to control the chain reaction is entirely due to the presence of the small proportion of delayed neutrons arising from fission. Most reactors currently planned are in the Asian region, with fast-growing economies and rapidly rising electricity demand.
