02461nam 2200577 a 450 991046546670332120200520144314.01-283-09813-X97866130981390-19-979245-3(CKB)2560000000073364(EBL)689292(OCoLC)721195513(SSID)ssj0000524524(PQKBManifestationID)12222751(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524524(PQKBWorkID)10548019(PQKB)10714337(MiAaPQ)EBC689292(Au-PeEL)EBL689292(CaPaEBR)ebr10467545(CaONFJC)MIL309813(EXLCZ)99256000000007336420101102d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNuclear energy[electronic resource] /Charles D. FergusonNew York Oxford University Press20111 online resource (241 p.)What everyone needs to knowDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-975946-4 0-19-975945-6 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; INDEXOriginally 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 1980's. 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...What everyone needs to know.Nuclear energyElectronic books.Nuclear energy.333.792/4Ferguson Charles D125291MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465466703321Nuclear energy2289865UNINA