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The Nuclear Environmentalist : Is There a Green Road to Nuclear Energy?

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Milano : Springer, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (170 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9788847024786
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333.794
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- The NuclearEnvironmentalist -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 All that Glitters is not Green -- 2 Eternal Delight -- 3 A Wasted Inheritance -- 4 The Ignoble Fuel -- 5 Manna Springing from the Earth -- 6 The Sacred Fire -- 7 On Board the Nautilus -- 8 The Bequest of a Supernova -- 9 Nuclear Reactors -- 10 Nuclear Power, No Thanks? -- 11 The Anti Nuclear Litany -- 12 Helios and Aeolus -- 13 At the Crossroads -- 14 Fukushima, or the Black Swan of Nuclear Energy.
Summary: This book discusses renewable energy, including the thesis that nuclear energy, although by no means problem-free, can be a viable source of concentrated, reliable and carbon free electricit, as part of a diversified and rational mix of electricity sources.
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Intro -- The NuclearEnvironmentalist -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 All that Glitters is not Green -- 2 Eternal Delight -- 3 A Wasted Inheritance -- 4 The Ignoble Fuel -- 5 Manna Springing from the Earth -- 6 The Sacred Fire -- 7 On Board the Nautilus -- 8 The Bequest of a Supernova -- 9 Nuclear Reactors -- 10 Nuclear Power, No Thanks? -- 11 The Anti Nuclear Litany -- 12 Helios and Aeolus -- 13 At the Crossroads -- 14 Fukushima, or the Black Swan of Nuclear Energy.

This book discusses renewable energy, including the thesis that nuclear energy, although by no means problem-free, can be a viable source of concentrated, reliable and carbon free electricit, as part of a diversified and rational mix of electricity sources.

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