Description: Nuclear Energy : What Everyone Needs to Know, Paperback by Ferguson, Charles D., ISBN 0199759464, ISBN-13 9780199759460, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 powers 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 of fossil fuels and concern about dependence on foreign fuel has led policymakers, climate scientists, and energy experts to look once again at nuclear power as a source of energy.
In this accessible overview, Charles D. Ferguson provides an authoritative account of the key facts about nuclear energy. What is the origin of nuclear energy? What countries use commercial nuclear power, and how much electricity do they obtain from it? How can future nuclear power plants be made
safer? What can countries do to protect their nuclear facilities from military attacks? How hazardous is radioactive waste? Is nuclear energy a renewable energy source? Featuring a discussion of the recent nuclear crisis in Japan and its ramifications, Ferguson addresses these questions and more in
Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, a book that is essential for anyone looking to learn more about this important issue.
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Book Title: Nuclear Energy : What Everyone Needs to Know®
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: Power Resources / Nuclear, General
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering
Item Weight: 8.8 Oz
Item Length: 8.1 in
Author: Charles D. Ferguson
Item Width: 5.4 in
Book Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
