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Nuclear energy / / Charles D. Ferguson



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Autore: Ferguson Charles D Visualizza persona
Titolo: Nuclear energy / / Charles D. Ferguson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
[Washington, D.C.] : , : Library of Congress, Science, Technology & Business Division, Science Reference Services, , [2011]
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
Disciplina: 333.792/4
Soggetto topico: Nuclear energy
Soggetto genere / forma: Bibliographies.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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...
Titolo autorizzato: Nuclear energy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-979299-2
1-283-09813-X
9786613098139
0-19-979245-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910659110903321
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