Environmental Case for Nuclear Power: Economic, Medical, and Political ConsiderationsMorris, a retired chemistry teacher, argues against opponents of nuclear power, saying they overestimate its danger. He compares fossil fuels and nuclear power, asserting that nuclear power offers a vast potential improvement over toxic pollution by fossil fuel use, while arguing that other alternatives like solar power are inadequate in themselves to support the world's current population. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Found A Substance with 2 7 MillionTimes | 13 |
The Unsolvable Problem of Waste Disposal | 29 |
Air Pollution TwentiethCentury Scourge | 49 |
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References to this book
Nuclear Power of the Future: New Ways of Turning Atoms Into Energy John Giacobello No preview available - 2003 |