"Nuclear Renaissance is a timely appraisal of present nuclear power programme policy and technology, with a look to future expansion and new research directions. It will be essential reading for physicists, engineers, policy-makers, researchers, energy analysts and graduate stud…
"Makes a case for nuclear energy as a clean-energy solution"-- "In Why We Need Power: The Environmental Case, radiation biologist Michael H. Fox argues that nuclear power is essential to slowing down the impact of global warming. He examines the issue from every angle, relying …
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…
"Canada's Early Nuclear Policy fills a longstanding gap in postwar history and political analysis. The decision - unique among pioneer atomic powers - not to acquire a nuclear arsenal ensured that Canada could offer crucial insights into the challenges of the new era. With inter…
"Canada's Early Nuclear Policy fills a longstanding gap in postwar history and political analysis. The decision -- unique among pioneer atomic powers -- not to acquire a nuclear arsenal ensured that Canada could offer crucial insights into the challenges of the new era. With int…
by Dorman, Arslan, Morrison, Robert W., Doern, G. Bruce, CRUISE Conference on the Future of Nuclear Energy in Canada, Ottawa, Ont.), Conference on the Future of Nuclear Energy in Canada, Ottawa, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science and Environment, Conference on the Future of Nuclear Energy in Canada, Ottawa, Ont.)
The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 3rd edition explores the challenges that faced the scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project. It gives a cl…
A brilliant combination of history and personal recollections documents the incredible story of a wild idea--a spacecraft powered by hydrogen bombs--and brings to life an episode in U.S. scientific research that brought together a vast array of brilliant physicists, including th…
