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The Nuclear Energy Option: An Alternative for the 90s

By Bernard Leonard Cohen

Book information

Publisher
Springer US
Year
1990
ISBN
978-0-306-43567-6;978-1-4899-6002-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33820770 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
X, 338\339
Time added
2019-09-18 12:16:57
Electrical Machines and NetworksEngineering; Power Electronics

Description

Front Matter ....Pages i-x Nuclear Power — Act II (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 1-8 Do We Need More Power Plants? (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 9-17 Environmental Problems with Coal, Oil, and Gas (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 19-37 Is the Public Ready for More Nuclear Power? (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 39-48 How Dangerous is Radiation? (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 49-72 The Fearsome Reactor Meltdown Accident (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 73-101 The Chernobyl Accident-Can it Happen Here? (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 103-116 Understanding Risk (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 117-144 Costs of Nuclear Power Plants- What Went Wrong (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 145-157 The Next Generation of Nuclear Power Plants (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 159-171 Hazards of High-Level Radioactive Waste-the Great Myth (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 173-200 More on Radioactive Waste (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 201-223 Plutonium and Bombs (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 225-256 The Solar Dream (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 257-271 Questions and Answers (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 273-288 Recapitulation (Bernard L. Cohen)....Pages 289-296 Back Matter ....Pages 297-338

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