Nuclear Choices A Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Technology

Name: Nuclear Choices A Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Technology
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ISBN: 9780262731089

ISBN-10: 0262731088

ISBN-13: 9780262731089

Edition: 2nd 1993 (Revised)

Authors: Richard Wolfson

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The benefits of nuclear technology are real. So are the dangers. In Nuclear Choices, physicist Richard Wolfson provides the background needed to make informed choices about nuclear technologies, introducing concepts that can be used for evaluating the claims of both proponents and opponents. Wolfson clearly and concisely explains the basics of nuclear energy, radiation, and nuclear power (electricity, reactors, nuclear waste, and alternatives to nuclear fission). For this edition he has completely revised the chapter on nuclear weapons (their history, technology, effects, delivery systems, strategy, and control). Readers are encouraged to make their own judgments on controversial nuclear…

Book details

List price: $53.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 11/9/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 486
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Series Foreword


Preface



Nuclear News, Nuclear Choices



Atoms and Nuclei



Radioactivity: When Things Come Apart



Effects and Uses of Radiation



Energy from the Nucleus



Energy and People



Making Electricity



Nuclear Reactors



Reactor Safety



What About Nuclear Waste?



Alternatives to Nuclear Fission



History and Technology



The Effects of Nuclear Weapons



Delivering Nuclear Weapons



Nuclear Strategy



Defense in the Nuclear Age



Controlling Nuclear Weapons



Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Nuclear Futures


Index