"Exploring the new wide-ranging landscape of nuclear function, this book details the breakthroughs in nanoscale applications and methodologies that are revolutionizing power production, biotechnology, and material science as they apply to the nuclear industry. The author address…
In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium. To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias--communities of nuclear …
"Environmental journalist Fred Pearce travels the globe to investigate our complicated seven-decade long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste. While concern about climate change has led some environmentalists to embrace renewa…
"Environmental journalist Fred Pearce travels the globe to investigate our complicated seven-decade long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste. While concern about climate change has led some environmentalists to embrace renewa…
"Environmental journalist Fred Pearce travels the globe to investigate our complicated seven-decade long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste. While concern about climate change has led some environmentalists to embrace renewa…
L?énergie nucléaire produit un peu plus de 10% de l?électricité mondiale, une électricité de base, contrôlable et qui émet très peu de gaz à effet de serre. Mais cette énergie inquiète. On lui reproche son origine militaire, le voile de secret qui a couvert les débuts de son dév…
L'auteur, qui a travaillé de nombreuses années dans la recherche et l'ingénierie nucléaires, propose un panorama de l'énergie nucléaire, des conditions de production aux accidents qu'elle a pu ou peut provoquer en passant par les questions liées à la gestion des déchets et à sa …
