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Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Charles D. Ferguson
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Description for Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNBN; RNQ; THK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
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 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Recent years have seen a marked change, however. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels and concern about dependence on foreign fuel has led policymakers, climate scientists, and energy experts to ... Read more
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 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Recent years have seen a marked change, however. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels and concern about dependence on foreign fuel has led policymakers, climate scientists, and energy experts to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
What Everyone Needs to Know
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199759460
SKU
V9780199759460
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About Charles D. Ferguson
Charles D. Ferguson is President of the Federation of American Scientists and an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown University's Security Studies Program. Trained as a physicist and nuclear engineer, he has worked on nuclear policy issues at the U.S. Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Reviews for Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know®
An accessible text with a strong structure that provides a launch pad for further exploration.
Murray Collins, London School of Economics (LSE)
Murray Collins, London School of Economics (LSE)