First German Reference Book on Nuclear Power Engineering has now been Published
Würzburg, Oberhausen, 24. Nov. 2009
Employee of Babcock Noell Closes Gap in Know-how
The first up-to-date German reference book on the subject of nuclear power engineering is now available in the market. Markus Borlein, development engineer and project manager at the Bilfinger Berger Power Services subsidiary Babcock Noell GmbH in Würzburg, published this compendium in October 2009. The book closes a gap in the book market with regard to publications on nuclear power.
Borlein, a graduate engineer in electrical engineering, wrote his book in parallel to his work as an engineer at Babcock Noell. He explains that, although the reference book is directed at entrants of the power sector and students of the fields of nuclear energy, electrical and power engineering as well as mechanical engineering, the book provides a good insight into the subjects discussed without taking any previous special knowledge for granted. "The use of numerous illustrations, tables and diagrams provides easy access to the technology described here," comments the newly-acclaimed author of this reference book.
After the introductory chapters on the principles of nuclear energy Borlein not only introduces the technology of the current pressurized-water and boiling-water reactors but also future reactor concepts such as high-temperature and fusion reactors. The work is rounded off by chapters on the fuel cycle, reactor physics as well as the ultimate disposal of radioactive waste.
As a basis for his publication the engineer primarily used his scripts from his lectures for the study course of the same title at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences. The book is the result of Borlein's comprehensive know-how as well as his intensive discussions with many colleagues.
Since there is a rising demand for well trained specialists in power and system engineering and the subject of nuclear power is gaining more and more public interest his book contributes in particular to getting the complex subject of nuclear power across to all interested readers in an understandable way.
With a circulation of 1,500 copies the book has been published by Verlag Vogel (ISBN No. 3834331317) and is available in the trade at the price of € 29.80.
About Markus Borlein:
The graduate engineer Markus Borlein was born in 1980 and studied "electrical power engineering" in the diploma course of electrical engineering as well as "electrical and information technology" in the Master's course at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences. He wrote his thesis for obtaining the degree of a graduate engineer at the Institute for Technical Physics of the Karlsruhe Research Centre where he was subsequently employed until 2005. Since that time he has been working as a project manager and development engineer at Babcock Noell GmbH in Würzburg. In a second job he is assistant lecturer for the subjects of "nuclear engineering" and "principles of electrical/power engineering" at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences and is a member of "Kerntechnische Gesellschaft e.V." (Society for Nuclear Engineering)
About Babcock Noell GmbH:
Babcock Noell is a global player in the areas of nuclear service, nuclear technology, magnetic systems, and environmental engineering and has been very successful in leveraging the experience it has acquired in the last four decades. The company operates as part of the Bilfinger Berger AG group through Bilfinger Berger Power Services GmbH in Oberhausen.
With a staff of 300, most of which are qualified engineers, core competencies range from development, planning, delivery, and commissioning to on-site operation of plants and facilities.
Particularly noteworthy and technologically challenging projects include delivery of the containment liner and other complex components for the new OL 3 nuclear power station in Finland, construction of the pilot conditioning plant for final storage of spent fuel elements in Gorleben, engineering of superconducting magnets for the international research center in Geneva and of superconducting coils for the Max Planck Institute's nuclear fusion reactor experiment (Wendelstein 7 X) in Garching and Greifswald, and delivery of a flue gas desulfurization plant for the world's first pilot installation with CO2 extractor and form the basis for future growth.
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