LEADER 03699nam 2200697 450 001 9910140284203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-77345-4 010 $a1-118-77349-7 010 $a1-118-77374-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000530951 035 $a(EBL)1643660 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001179950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11651394 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001179950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11185346 035 $a(PQKB)10576959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1643660 035 $a(DLC) 2014013893 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1643660 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10845564 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL580371 035 $a(OCoLC)876141188 035 $a(PPN)18546999X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000530951 100 $a20140320h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCritical reflections on nuclear and renewable energy $eenvironmental protection and safety in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident /$fWay Kuo ; cover design by Russell Richardson 210 1$aSalem, Massachusetts ;$aHoboken, New Jersey :$cScrivener Publishing :$cJohn Wiley & Sons,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (207 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-118-77342-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Foreword 1 ix by Arden Bement Foreword 2 xiii by Xu Kuangdi Preface xvii Introduction xxi Part I The World after March 11, 2011 -- Ripple Effect of the Fukushima Accident 1 Reliability and Nuclear Power 3 2 Some Flowers Fall, and Again They Bloom 15 3 Different Responses Across the Waters 21 4 Aging and Reliability 27 5 Transparent Management Guarantees Nuclear Safety 31 6 The Need for Quality Control 39 7 Don't Let Gossip Affect the Safe Operation of Nuclear Power 45 Part II Environmental Protection, Occupational Safety and Innovation -- A Spectrum of Energies 8 A Spectrum of Energy Sources 59 9 Facts about Background Radiation 67 10 Human Negligence of Occupational Safety Leads to Numerous Accidents 73 11 When Will Environmental Pollution End? 81 12 Non-nuclear Calamities Are Also Horrible 93 13 Where Can We Find Safe Energy Sources? 99 14 Pick up Our Share of the Energy Cost 111 15 In Search of Innovation in Formulating Energy Policy 121 16 Practice Makes Great 129 Appendix I 135 Appendix II 149 Postscript 157 Additional Reading Materials 169 Afterword 171 Index 173 . 330 $a"The book analyses the pros and cons of a spectrum of energies, ranging from petroleum, coal, gas to water, solar and wind energies as well as nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear incident in 2011. It maintains that we should look at nuclear energy from a rational point of view instead of being influenced by emotions or politicians' arguments"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aNuclear energy 606 $aNuclear energy$xSafety measures 606 $aFukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 606 $aRenewable energy sources 606 $aPower resources 615 0$aNuclear energy. 615 0$aNuclear energy$xSafety measures. 615 0$aFukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. 615 0$aRenewable energy sources. 615 0$aPower resources. 676 $a333.7924 686 $aSCI024000$2bisacsh 700 $aKuo$b Way$0491369 702 $aRichardson$b Russell 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910140284203321 996 $aCritical reflections on nuclear and renewable energy$92184526 997 $aUNINA