This is a valuable and insightful read for those involved in nuclear power, including power plant designers and engineers, as well as those involved in the protection of society and the environment.
This book is a unique introduction to the economic costs of nuclear power.
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This volume summarizes the status of nuclear power, analyzes the obstacles to resumption of construction of nuclear plants, and describes and evaluates the technological alternatives for safer, more economical reactors.
Following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply.
4 The Investigation Begins During the early 1980s , the Shoreham nuclear power plant became the focus of federal and state law enforcement when it was learned that a labor union controlled by Daniel Cunningham was attempting to organize ...
S. Kirsch, Proving Grounds: Project Plowshare and the Unrealized Dream of Nuclear Earthmoving (Rutgers University ... and the World (Random House, New York, 1975) M. Walker, German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power ...
Outlining nuclear energy's discovery and applications throughout history, Mahaffey's brilliant and accessible book is essential to understanding the astounding phenomenon of nuclear power in an age where renewable energy and climate change ...
Follows the process of creating electricity from nucelar fuel at Prairie Island, a nuclear power plant in Minnesota.
The authors argue for the continued development of nuclear energy.