Nuclear Choices for the Twenty-First Century: A Citizen's Guide

Nuclear Choices for the Twenty-First Century: A Citizen's Guide
ISBN-10
0262362015
ISBN-13
9780262362016
Category
Science
Pages
496
Language
English
Published
2021-03-23
Publisher
MIT Press
Authors
Richard Wolfson, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress

Description

An authoritative and unbiased guide to nuclear technology and the controversies that surround it. Are you for nuclear power or against it? What's the basis of your opinion? Did you know a CT scan gives you some 2 millisieverts of radiation? Do you know how much a millisievert is? Does irradiation make foods safer or less safe? What is the point of a bilateral Russia-US nuclear weapons treaty in a multipolar world? These are nuclear questions that call for nuclear choices, and this book equips citizens to make these choices informed ones. It explains, clearly and accessibly, the basics of nuclear technology and describes the controversies surrounding its use.

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