Nuclear energy
Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japanese nuclear crisis of 2011, sentiment about nucl…
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- Full title :Nuclear energy / Charles D. Ferguson.
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Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japanese nuclear crisis of 2011, sentiment about nuclear power underwent a marked change. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning o.
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- Publication Date:2011.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
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- Description:1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199792450, 0199792453, 9786613098139, 6613098132, 0199792992, 9780199792993
- oclc:ocn721999095
- LC Classification:TK9145
- Dewey Decimal:333.792/4
Table of Contents
COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Fundamentals; 2 Energy Security and Costs of Building Power Plants; 3 Climate Change; 4 Proliferation; 5 Safety; 6 Physical Security; 7 Radioactive Waste Management; 8 Sustainable Energy; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; INDEX
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