Why we need nuclear power :: the environmental case /
"Makes a case for nuclear energy as a clean-energy solution."--
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Makes a case for nuclear energy as a clean-energy solution."-- |
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| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199344581 0199344582 1306197449 9781306197441 |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t Global Climate Change: Real or Myth? -- |t What Is the Debate About? -- |t The IPCC and International Conventions -- |t The Greenhouse Effect -- |t Skeptical Politicians and Pundits -- |t Skeptical Scientists -- |t Historical Temperature and Greenhouse Gas Record -- |t The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene -- |t Recent Changes in Temperature and CO2 -- |t Melting Glaciers and Rising Seas -- |t Models -- |t Response to Singer and Avery -- |t Predictions of Future Global Warming and Consequences -- |t Sea Level and Acidification -- |t Global Weirding -- |g 2. |t Where Our Energy Comes From -- |t A Brief History of Energy -- |t Coal -- |t Oil and Natural Gas -- |t Uranium -- |t How Much Energy Do We Use and Where Does It Come From? -- |t World Energy Usage -- |t What Can Be Done to Reduce Our Carbon-Intensive Energy Economy? -- |g 3. |t The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas -- |t Coal -- |t Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant -- |t Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants -- |t Mining and Health Hazards -- |t How Much Is There? -- |t Carbon Capture and Storage -- |t Natural Gas -- |t How Much Is There? -- |t Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- |t Fracking -- |g 4. |t The Siren Song of Renewable Energy -- |t Solar -- |t Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power -- |t Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -- |t Solar Heating -- |t Limitations of Solar Power -- |t Wind -- |t Limitations of Wind Power -- |t Summary -- |g 5. |t Back to the Future: Nuclear Power -- |t Anatomy of a Reactor -- |t Advantages of Nuclear Power -- |t Baseload Power -- |t Greenhouse Gas Emission -- |t Location and Footprint -- |t Cost -- |t Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables -- |t Advanced Reactor Technology -- |t Can Nuclear Replace Coal? -- |t Arguments against Nuclear Power -- |g 6. |t The World of the Atom -- |t What Is Radiation? -- |t Black Body Radiation: The Quantum -- |t The Nuclear Atom -- |t The Quantum Atom -- |t The Nucleus -- |t Radioactivity: Decay Processes -- |t Fission -- |t Summary -- |g 7. |t How Dangerous Is Radiation? -- |t Interactions of Radiation with Matter -- |t Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions -- |t Charged Particle Interactions -- |t Neutron Interactions -- |t What Is a Dose of Radiation? -- |t Effects of Radiation on DNA and Cells -- |t How Does Radiation Cause Cancer? -- |t What Are the Risks? -- |t Death from Radiation -- |t Cancer from Radiation -- |t Hereditary Effects of Radiation -- |t How Bad Is Plutonium? -- |t Summary -- |g 8. |t What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally -- |t Natural Background Radiation -- |t Cosmic Radiation -- |t Primordial Terrestrial Radiation -- |t Medical Exposure -- |t How Dangerous Is Background Radiation? -- |g 9. |t Nuclear Waste -- |t What Is Nuclear Waste? -- |t The Long and the Short of Waste Storage -- |t Yucca Mountain -- |t Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) -- |t Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel -- |t Making New Fuel from Recycled "Waste" -- |t Summary -- |g 10. |t About Those Accidents -- |t The Scare, March 16, 1979 -- |t Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979 -- |t How the Accident Happened -- |t Consequences of TMI -- |t Chernobyl, April 26, 1986 -- |t How the Accident Happened -- |t The Hazardous Radioisotopes -- |t Health Consequences -- |t Environmental Consequences -- |t A Trip to Chernobyl -- |t Consequences for Nuclear Power -- |t Fukushima, March 11, 2011 -- |t How the Accident Happened -- |t Health and Environmental Consequences -- |t Consequences for Nuclear Power -- |t Public Perception of Risks from Nuclear Power -- |g 11. |t The Quest for Uranium -- |t Mining for Uranium -- |t Shinkolobwe -- |t Shiprock -- |t Milling -- |t In Situ Recovery -- |t Enrichment -- |t Fuel Fabrication -- |t World Resources of Uranium -- |t Megatons to Megawatts -- |t Is There Enough Uranium for a Nuclear Renaissance? -- |t Breeder Reactors -- |t Thorium -- |t Summary -- |g 12. |t Now What? -- |t Myth 1: Radiation Is Extremely Dangerous and We Don't Understand It -- |t Myth 2: There Is No Solution to the Nuclear Waste Produced by Nuclear Power -- |t Myth 3: Nuclear Power Is Unsafe and Nuclear Accidents Have Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People -- |t Myth 4: Uranium Will Run Out Too Soon and Mining It Generates So Much Carbon Dioxide That It Loses Its Carbon-Free Advantage -- |t Myth 5: Nuclear Power Is So Expensive It Can't Survive in the Marketplace -- |t Afterword -- |t Earth's Energy Balance -- |t Radiative Forcing -- |t The IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) -- |t Energy -- |t Power -- |t Powers of 10 -- |t Radioactivity. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Radioactive waste disposal. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110649 | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Énergie nucléaire |x Aspect de l'environnement. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Industrie nucléaire |x Sécurité |x Mesures. | |
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| contents | Global Climate Change: Real or Myth? -- What Is the Debate About? -- The IPCC and International Conventions -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Skeptical Politicians and Pundits -- Skeptical Scientists -- Historical Temperature and Greenhouse Gas Record -- The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene -- Recent Changes in Temperature and CO2 -- Melting Glaciers and Rising Seas -- Models -- Response to Singer and Avery -- Predictions of Future Global Warming and Consequences -- Sea Level and Acidification -- Global Weirding -- Where Our Energy Comes From -- A Brief History of Energy -- Coal -- Oil and Natural Gas -- Uranium -- How Much Energy Do We Use and Where Does It Come From? -- World Energy Usage -- What Can Be Done to Reduce Our Carbon-Intensive Energy Economy? -- The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas -- Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants -- Mining and Health Hazards -- How Much Is There? -- Carbon Capture and Storage -- Natural Gas -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Fracking -- The Siren Song of Renewable Energy -- Solar -- Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power -- Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -- Solar Heating -- Limitations of Solar Power -- Wind -- Limitations of Wind Power -- Summary -- Back to the Future: Nuclear Power -- Anatomy of a Reactor -- Advantages of Nuclear Power -- Baseload Power -- Greenhouse Gas Emission -- Location and Footprint -- Cost -- Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables -- Advanced Reactor Technology -- Can Nuclear Replace Coal? -- Arguments against Nuclear Power -- The World of the Atom -- What Is Radiation? -- Black Body Radiation: The Quantum -- The Nuclear Atom -- The Quantum Atom -- The Nucleus -- Radioactivity: Decay Processes -- Fission -- How Dangerous Is Radiation? -- Interactions of Radiation with Matter -- Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions -- Charged Particle Interactions -- Neutron Interactions -- What Is a Dose of Radiation? -- Effects of Radiation on DNA and Cells -- How Does Radiation Cause Cancer? -- What Are the Risks? -- Death from Radiation -- Cancer from Radiation -- Hereditary Effects of Radiation -- How Bad Is Plutonium? -- What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally -- Natural Background Radiation -- Cosmic Radiation -- Primordial Terrestrial Radiation -- Medical Exposure -- How Dangerous Is Background Radiation? -- Nuclear Waste -- What Is Nuclear Waste? -- The Long and the Short of Waste Storage -- Yucca Mountain -- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) -- Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Making New Fuel from Recycled "Waste" -- About Those Accidents -- The Scare, March 16, 1979 -- Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979 -- How the Accident Happened -- Consequences of TMI -- Chernobyl, April 26, 1986 -- The Hazardous Radioisotopes -- Health Consequences -- Environmental Consequences -- A Trip to Chernobyl -- Consequences for Nuclear Power -- Fukushima, March 11, 2011 -- Health and Environmental Consequences -- Public Perception of Risks from Nuclear Power -- The Quest for Uranium -- Mining for Uranium -- Shinkolobwe -- Shiprock -- Milling -- In Situ Recovery -- Enrichment -- Fuel Fabrication -- World Resources of Uranium -- Megatons to Megawatts -- Is There Enough Uranium for a Nuclear Renaissance? -- Breeder Reactors -- Thorium -- Now What? -- Myth 1: Radiation Is Extremely Dangerous and We Don't Understand It -- Myth 2: There Is No Solution to the Nuclear Waste Produced by Nuclear Power -- Myth 3: Nuclear Power Is Unsafe and Nuclear Accidents Have Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People -- Myth 4: Uranium Will Run Out Too Soon and Mining It Generates So Much Carbon Dioxide That It Loses Its Carbon-Free Advantage -- Myth 5: Nuclear Power Is So Expensive It Can't Survive in the Marketplace -- Afterword -- Earth's Energy Balance -- Radiative Forcing -- The IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) -- Energy -- Power -- Powers of 10 -- Radioactivity. |
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| spelling | Fox, Michael H., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013065371 Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / Michael H. Fox. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "Makes a case for nuclear energy as a clean-energy solution."-- Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. 1. Global Climate Change: Real or Myth? -- What Is the Debate About? -- The IPCC and International Conventions -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Skeptical Politicians and Pundits -- Skeptical Scientists -- Historical Temperature and Greenhouse Gas Record -- The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene -- Recent Changes in Temperature and CO2 -- Melting Glaciers and Rising Seas -- Models -- Response to Singer and Avery -- Predictions of Future Global Warming and Consequences -- Sea Level and Acidification -- Global Weirding -- 2. Where Our Energy Comes From -- A Brief History of Energy -- Coal -- Oil and Natural Gas -- Uranium -- How Much Energy Do We Use and Where Does It Come From? -- World Energy Usage -- What Can Be Done to Reduce Our Carbon-Intensive Energy Economy? -- 3. The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas -- Coal -- Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants -- Mining and Health Hazards -- How Much Is There? -- Carbon Capture and Storage -- Natural Gas -- How Much Is There? -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Fracking -- 4. The Siren Song of Renewable Energy -- Solar -- Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power -- Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -- Solar Heating -- Limitations of Solar Power -- Wind -- Limitations of Wind Power -- Summary -- 5. Back to the Future: Nuclear Power -- Anatomy of a Reactor -- Advantages of Nuclear Power -- Baseload Power -- Greenhouse Gas Emission -- Location and Footprint -- Cost -- Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables -- Advanced Reactor Technology -- Can Nuclear Replace Coal? -- Arguments against Nuclear Power -- 6. The World of the Atom -- What Is Radiation? -- Black Body Radiation: The Quantum -- The Nuclear Atom -- The Quantum Atom -- The Nucleus -- Radioactivity: Decay Processes -- Fission -- Summary -- 7. How Dangerous Is Radiation? -- Interactions of Radiation with Matter -- Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions -- Charged Particle Interactions -- Neutron Interactions -- What Is a Dose of Radiation? -- Effects of Radiation on DNA and Cells -- How Does Radiation Cause Cancer? -- What Are the Risks? -- Death from Radiation -- Cancer from Radiation -- Hereditary Effects of Radiation -- How Bad Is Plutonium? -- Summary -- 8. What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally -- Natural Background Radiation -- Cosmic Radiation -- Primordial Terrestrial Radiation -- Medical Exposure -- How Dangerous Is Background Radiation? -- 9. Nuclear Waste -- What Is Nuclear Waste? -- The Long and the Short of Waste Storage -- Yucca Mountain -- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) -- Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Making New Fuel from Recycled "Waste" -- Summary -- 10. About Those Accidents -- The Scare, March 16, 1979 -- Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979 -- How the Accident Happened -- Consequences of TMI -- Chernobyl, April 26, 1986 -- How the Accident Happened -- The Hazardous Radioisotopes -- Health Consequences -- Environmental Consequences -- A Trip to Chernobyl -- Consequences for Nuclear Power -- Fukushima, March 11, 2011 -- How the Accident Happened -- Health and Environmental Consequences -- Consequences for Nuclear Power -- Public Perception of Risks from Nuclear Power -- 11. The Quest for Uranium -- Mining for Uranium -- Shinkolobwe -- Shiprock -- Milling -- In Situ Recovery -- Enrichment -- Fuel Fabrication -- World Resources of Uranium -- Megatons to Megawatts -- Is There Enough Uranium for a Nuclear Renaissance? -- Breeder Reactors -- Thorium -- Summary -- 12. Now What? -- Myth 1: Radiation Is Extremely Dangerous and We Don't Understand It -- Myth 2: There Is No Solution to the Nuclear Waste Produced by Nuclear Power -- Myth 3: Nuclear Power Is Unsafe and Nuclear Accidents Have Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People -- Myth 4: Uranium Will Run Out Too Soon and Mining It Generates So Much Carbon Dioxide That It Loses Its Carbon-Free Advantage -- Myth 5: Nuclear Power Is So Expensive It Can't Survive in the Marketplace -- Afterword -- Earth's Energy Balance -- Radiative Forcing -- The IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) -- Energy -- Power -- Powers of 10 -- Radioactivity. Nuclear energy Environmental aspects. Global warming Prevention. Nuclear industry Safety measures. Nuclear industry Accidents. Radioactive waste disposal. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110649 Énergie nucléaire Aspect de l'environnement. Industrie nucléaire Sécurité Mesures. Industrie nucléaire Accidents. SCIENCE Energy. bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Real Estate General. bisacsh Global warming Prevention fast Nuclear energy Environmental aspects fast Nuclear industry Accidents fast Nuclear industry Safety measures fast Radioactive waste disposal fast Electronic book. has work: Why we need nuclear power (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFtWwqrffWcxYdy4Dr4MMX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Fox, Michael H. Why we need nuclear power 9780199344574 (DLC) 2013044313 (OCoLC)861207474 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=675361 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Fox, Michael H. Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / Global Climate Change: Real or Myth? -- What Is the Debate About? -- The IPCC and International Conventions -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Skeptical Politicians and Pundits -- Skeptical Scientists -- Historical Temperature and Greenhouse Gas Record -- The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene -- Recent Changes in Temperature and CO2 -- Melting Glaciers and Rising Seas -- Models -- Response to Singer and Avery -- Predictions of Future Global Warming and Consequences -- Sea Level and Acidification -- Global Weirding -- Where Our Energy Comes From -- A Brief History of Energy -- Coal -- Oil and Natural Gas -- Uranium -- How Much Energy Do We Use and Where Does It Come From? -- World Energy Usage -- What Can Be Done to Reduce Our Carbon-Intensive Energy Economy? -- The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas -- Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants -- Mining and Health Hazards -- How Much Is There? -- Carbon Capture and Storage -- Natural Gas -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Fracking -- The Siren Song of Renewable Energy -- Solar -- Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power -- Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -- Solar Heating -- Limitations of Solar Power -- Wind -- Limitations of Wind Power -- Summary -- Back to the Future: Nuclear Power -- Anatomy of a Reactor -- Advantages of Nuclear Power -- Baseload Power -- Greenhouse Gas Emission -- Location and Footprint -- Cost -- Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables -- Advanced Reactor Technology -- Can Nuclear Replace Coal? -- Arguments against Nuclear Power -- The World of the Atom -- What Is Radiation? -- Black Body Radiation: The Quantum -- The Nuclear Atom -- The Quantum Atom -- The Nucleus -- Radioactivity: Decay Processes -- Fission -- How Dangerous Is Radiation? -- Interactions of Radiation with Matter -- Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions -- Charged Particle Interactions -- Neutron Interactions -- What Is a Dose of Radiation? -- Effects of Radiation on DNA and Cells -- How Does Radiation Cause Cancer? -- What Are the Risks? -- Death from Radiation -- Cancer from Radiation -- Hereditary Effects of Radiation -- How Bad Is Plutonium? -- What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally -- Natural Background Radiation -- Cosmic Radiation -- Primordial Terrestrial Radiation -- Medical Exposure -- How Dangerous Is Background Radiation? -- Nuclear Waste -- What Is Nuclear Waste? -- The Long and the Short of Waste Storage -- Yucca Mountain -- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) -- Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Making New Fuel from Recycled "Waste" -- About Those Accidents -- The Scare, March 16, 1979 -- Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979 -- How the Accident Happened -- Consequences of TMI -- Chernobyl, April 26, 1986 -- The Hazardous Radioisotopes -- Health Consequences -- Environmental Consequences -- A Trip to Chernobyl -- Consequences for Nuclear Power -- Fukushima, March 11, 2011 -- Health and Environmental Consequences -- Public Perception of Risks from Nuclear Power -- The Quest for Uranium -- Mining for Uranium -- Shinkolobwe -- Shiprock -- Milling -- In Situ Recovery -- Enrichment -- Fuel Fabrication -- World Resources of Uranium -- Megatons to Megawatts -- Is There Enough Uranium for a Nuclear Renaissance? -- Breeder Reactors -- Thorium -- Now What? -- Myth 1: Radiation Is Extremely Dangerous and We Don't Understand It -- Myth 2: There Is No Solution to the Nuclear Waste Produced by Nuclear Power -- Myth 3: Nuclear Power Is Unsafe and Nuclear Accidents Have Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People -- Myth 4: Uranium Will Run Out Too Soon and Mining It Generates So Much Carbon Dioxide That It Loses Its Carbon-Free Advantage -- Myth 5: Nuclear Power Is So Expensive It Can't Survive in the Marketplace -- Afterword -- Earth's Energy Balance -- Radiative Forcing -- The IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) -- Energy -- Power -- Powers of 10 -- Radioactivity. Nuclear energy Environmental aspects. Global warming Prevention. Nuclear industry Safety measures. Nuclear industry Accidents. Radioactive waste disposal. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110649 Énergie nucléaire Aspect de l'environnement. Industrie nucléaire Sécurité Mesures. Industrie nucléaire Accidents. SCIENCE Energy. bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Real Estate General. bisacsh Global warming Prevention fast Nuclear energy Environmental aspects fast Nuclear industry Accidents fast Nuclear industry Safety measures fast Radioactive waste disposal fast |
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| title_alt | Global Climate Change: Real or Myth? -- What Is the Debate About? -- The IPCC and International Conventions -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Skeptical Politicians and Pundits -- Skeptical Scientists -- Historical Temperature and Greenhouse Gas Record -- The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene -- Recent Changes in Temperature and CO2 -- Melting Glaciers and Rising Seas -- Models -- Response to Singer and Avery -- Predictions of Future Global Warming and Consequences -- Sea Level and Acidification -- Global Weirding -- Where Our Energy Comes From -- A Brief History of Energy -- Coal -- Oil and Natural Gas -- Uranium -- How Much Energy Do We Use and Where Does It Come From? -- World Energy Usage -- What Can Be Done to Reduce Our Carbon-Intensive Energy Economy? -- The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas -- Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants -- Mining and Health Hazards -- How Much Is There? -- Carbon Capture and Storage -- Natural Gas -- Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Fracking -- The Siren Song of Renewable Energy -- Solar -- Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power -- Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -- Solar Heating -- Limitations of Solar Power -- Wind -- Limitations of Wind Power -- Summary -- Back to the Future: Nuclear Power -- Anatomy of a Reactor -- Advantages of Nuclear Power -- Baseload Power -- Greenhouse Gas Emission -- Location and Footprint -- Cost -- Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables -- Advanced Reactor Technology -- Can Nuclear Replace Coal? -- Arguments against Nuclear Power -- The World of the Atom -- What Is Radiation? -- Black Body Radiation: The Quantum -- The Nuclear Atom -- The Quantum Atom -- The Nucleus -- Radioactivity: Decay Processes -- Fission -- How Dangerous Is Radiation? -- Interactions of Radiation with Matter -- Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions -- Charged Particle Interactions -- Neutron Interactions -- What Is a Dose of Radiation? -- Effects of Radiation on DNA and Cells -- How Does Radiation Cause Cancer? -- What Are the Risks? -- Death from Radiation -- Cancer from Radiation -- Hereditary Effects of Radiation -- How Bad Is Plutonium? -- What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally -- Natural Background Radiation -- Cosmic Radiation -- Primordial Terrestrial Radiation -- Medical Exposure -- How Dangerous Is Background Radiation? -- Nuclear Waste -- What Is Nuclear Waste? -- The Long and the Short of Waste Storage -- Yucca Mountain -- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) -- Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Making New Fuel from Recycled "Waste" -- About Those Accidents -- The Scare, March 16, 1979 -- Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979 -- How the Accident Happened -- Consequences of TMI -- Chernobyl, April 26, 1986 -- The Hazardous Radioisotopes -- Health Consequences -- Environmental Consequences -- A Trip to Chernobyl -- Consequences for Nuclear Power -- Fukushima, March 11, 2011 -- Health and Environmental Consequences -- Public Perception of Risks from Nuclear Power -- The Quest for Uranium -- Mining for Uranium -- Shinkolobwe -- Shiprock -- Milling -- In Situ Recovery -- Enrichment -- Fuel Fabrication -- World Resources of Uranium -- Megatons to Megawatts -- Is There Enough Uranium for a Nuclear Renaissance? -- Breeder Reactors -- Thorium -- Now What? -- Myth 1: Radiation Is Extremely Dangerous and We Don't Understand It -- Myth 2: There Is No Solution to the Nuclear Waste Produced by Nuclear Power -- Myth 3: Nuclear Power Is Unsafe and Nuclear Accidents Have Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People -- Myth 4: Uranium Will Run Out Too Soon and Mining It Generates So Much Carbon Dioxide That It Loses Its Carbon-Free Advantage -- Myth 5: Nuclear Power Is So Expensive It Can't Survive in the Marketplace -- Afterword -- Earth's Energy Balance -- Radiative Forcing -- The IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) -- Energy -- Power -- Powers of 10 -- Radioactivity. |
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| title_full | Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / Michael H. Fox. |
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