The environmental case for nuclear power : economic, medical, and political considerations / by Robert C. Morris
Imprint
St. Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, c2000
Descript
xii, 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
1. The Fossil Fuels: Civilization's Troubled Servant -- 2. Found: A Substance with 2.7 Million Times More Energy Per Pound that Coal! -- 3. The "Unsolvable Problem" of Waste Disposal -- 4. Air Pollution: Twentieth-Century Scourge -- 5. The Environmental Effects of Using Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power -- 6. Risky Business -- 7. What the Record Shows about Accidents and Terrorism -- 8. What Are the Alternatives?
SUBJECT
Nuclear power plants -- Risk assessment
Nuclear engineering -- Safety measures
Electric power production -- Environmental aspects