5.3.4 Breeder Reactors -- 5.4 Useful Parameters for Nuclear Energy -- 5.5 Notorious Nuclear Power Plant Accidents -- 5.5.1 Accident at Three Mile Island -- 5.5.2 Accident at Chernobyl -- 5.5.3 Accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi -- 5.6 Environmental Effects: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle -- 5.6.1 Mining, Refining, and Enrichment -- 5.6.2 Reprocessing of Spent Fuel -- Temporary and Permanent Storages -- 5.6.3 Environmental and Health Effects of the Fuel Cycle -- 5.7 Economics of Nuclear Energy -- 5.8 Future of Nuclear Energy -- 5.8.1 To Breed or Not to Breed? -- 5.9 Myths and Reality about Nuclear Energy -- References -- Chapter 6: Renewable Energy -- 6.1 Hydroelectric Energy -- 6.1.1 Global Hydroelectric Energy Production -- 6.1.2 Environmental Impacts and Safety Concerns -- 6.1.3 Planned Hydroelectric Installations and Future Expansion -- 6.2 Solar Energy -- 6.2.1 Variability of Solar Radiation -- 6.2.2 Thermal Collectors -- 6.2.3 Thermal Solar Power Plants -- 6.2.4 Solar Cells and Photovoltaics -- 6.2.5 Solar Power Data and Solar Energy Calculations -- 6.2.6 Environmental Impacts of Solar Energy -- 6.3 Wind Energy -- 6.3.1 Fundamentals of Wind Power -- 6.3.2 Wind Turbines -- 6.3.3 Wind Power Generation -- 6.3.4 Average Power and Annual Energy Production -- 6.3.5 Wind Farms -- 6.3.6 Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy -- 6.4 Geothermal Energy -- 6.4.1 Fundamentals of Geothermal Energy -- 6.4.2 Geothermal Resources -- 6.4.3 Electric Power Production -- 6.4.3.1 Dry Steam Units -- 6.4.3.2 Single- and Dual-Flashing Units -- 6.4.3.3 Binary Units -- 6.4.3.4 Hybrid Geothermal-Fossil Power Units -- 6.4.4 District Heating -- 6.4.5 Environmental Impacts of Geothermal Energy -- 6.5 Biomass Energy -- 6.5.1 Heating Value of Biomass -- 6.5.2 Biofuels: Ethanol Production from Corn -- 6.5.3 Aquatic Biomass -- 6.5.4 Environmental and Ecological Impacts of Biomass Use