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Crisis Without End

The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe

Edición de Helen Caldicott ...

Expert essays provide the first comprehensive analysis of the long-term health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident.On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts were brought together at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine by Helen Caldicott, the ... Leer más

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Expert essays provide the first comprehensive analysis of the long-term health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident.On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts were brought together at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine by Helen Caldicott, the
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Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

de Francis Chen ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This complete introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion by one of the pioneering scientists in this expanding field offers both a simple and intuitive discussion of the basic concepts of this subject and an insight into the challenging problems of current research. In a wholly lucid manner the work covers single-particle motions, fluid equations for plasmas, wave motions, diffusion and ... Leer más

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This complete introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion by one of the pioneering scientists in this expanding field offers both a simple and intuitive discussion of the basic concepts of this subject and an insight into the challenging problems of current research. In a wholly lucid manner the work covers single-particle motions, fluid equations for plasmas, wave motions, diffusion and
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A Dictionary of Energy Science

de Nick Jelley ...

Series series Oxford Quick Reference Online
A Dictionary of Energy Science covers terms related to energy technologies and their impact on the world's energy use. It sets out the principles behind each technology's operation, as well as its economic, environmental, and social impacts. Coverage includes energy demand and conservation, electricity generation and distribution, energy storage, renewable energy and fossil fuel technologies, ... Leer más

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A Dictionary of Energy Science covers terms related to energy technologies and their impact on the world's energy use. It sets out the principles behind each technology's operation, as well as its economic, environmental, and social impacts. Coverage includes energy demand and conservation, electricity generation and distribution, energy storage, renewable energy and fossil fuel technologies,
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Power to Save the World

The Truth About Nuclear Energy

de Gwyneth Cravens ...

An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sources, Gwyneth Cravens skeptically sets out to find the truth about nuclear energy. Her conclusion: it is a totally viable and practical solution to global warming. In ... Leer más

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An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sources, Gwyneth Cravens skeptically sets out to find the truth about nuclear energy. Her conclusion: it is a totally viable and practical solution to global warming. In
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The Radioactive Boy Scout

The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor

de Ken Silverstein ...

Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science, and his basement experiments—building homemade fireworks, brewing moonshine, and concocting his own self-tanning lotion—were more ambitious than those of other boys. While working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David’s obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a ... Leer más

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Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science, and his basement experiments—building homemade fireworks, brewing moonshine, and concocting his own self-tanning lotion—were more ambitious than those of other boys. While working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David’s obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a
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The Curve of Binding Energy

A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor

de John McPhee ...

Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry. ... Leer más

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Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry.
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A Comprehensive Overview of General Fusion

An insight into the fusion lab that can transform how we power our planet

de Amirali Banani ...

Our world is facing an energy crisis like no other as the global population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate and nonrenewable energy production is becoming more and more unsustainable. Consequently, the need to generate clean, sustainable, renewable energy is more crucial than ever before — something that can be achieved with the development of commercially and economically viable ... Leer más

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Our world is facing an energy crisis like no other as the global population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate and nonrenewable energy production is becoming more and more unsustainable. Consequently, the need to generate clean, sustainable, renewable energy is more crucial than ever before — something that can be achieved with the development of commercially and economically viable
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Nuclear Energy

What Everyone Needs to Know®

de Charles D. Ferguson ...

Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's ... Leer más

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Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's
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Idaho Falls

The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident

de William McKeown ...

The little-known true story of a mysterious nuclear reactor disaster—years before Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or Fukushima.Before the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster, the world's first nuclear reactor meltdown to claim lives happened on US soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, an experimental military reactor located in Idaho's Lost River ... Leer más

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The little-known true story of a mysterious nuclear reactor disaster—years before Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, or Fukushima.Before the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster, the world's first nuclear reactor meltdown to claim lives happened on US soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, an experimental military reactor located in Idaho's Lost River
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Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

de Maxwell Irvine ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the term 'nuclear power' causes anxiety in many people and there is confusion concerning the nature and extent of the associated risks. Here, Maxwell Irvine ... Leer más

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With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the term 'nuclear power' causes anxiety in many people and there is confusion concerning the nature and extent of the associated risks. Here, Maxwell Irvine
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The Nuclear War

de Eric N. Skousen, Ph.D. ...

This book is dedicated to the innocent victims of the nuclear war—to those who are dead, are dying, and will die because we have not aggressively exercised our nuclear option.It is also dedicated to those whose minds are filled with myths about nuclear energy, in the hope that this book will shed some light into the shadows of their mind-set.This book encourages the use of nuclear power to ... Leer más

$5.36 USD

This book is dedicated to the innocent victims of the nuclear war—to those who are dead, are dying, and will die because we have not aggressively exercised our nuclear option.It is also dedicated to those whose minds are filled with myths about nuclear energy, in the hope that this book will shed some light into the shadows of their mind-set.This book encourages the use of nuclear power to
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Waarom we niet bang hoeven te zijn voor kernenergie

De emoties & de feiten

de Marco Visscher ...

Prikkeland pleidooi voor kernenergie'Laten we tien kerncentrales bouwen, dan halen we de klimaatdoelen met twee vingers in de neus.' Arjen Lubach in Zondag met LubachSchoon! Modern! Spotgoedkoop! De eerste kerncentrales gaan open met klinkende beloftes. Het volk is betoverd. Maar: de industrie doet geheimzinnig. Afval belandt in zee. In Tsjernobyl ontploft een reactor. Kernenergie? Nee, bedankt! ... Leer más

$9.41 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Prikkeland pleidooi voor kernenergie'Laten we tien kerncentrales bouwen, dan halen we de klimaatdoelen met twee vingers in de neus.' Arjen Lubach in Zondag met LubachSchoon! Modern! Spotgoedkoop! De eerste kerncentrales gaan open met klinkende beloftes. Het volk is betoverd. Maar: de industrie doet geheimzinnig. Afval belandt in zee. In Tsjernobyl ontploft een reactor. Kernenergie? Nee, bedankt!
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Rickover: The Struggle for Excellence

de Francis Duncan ...

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (1900-1986), the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” was born Chaim Godalia Rickover in eastern Poland to Jewish parents. Fleeing Russian antisemitic pogroms in 1906 with his mother and sister, he joined his father, who had traveled to America since 1897, in New York City. The family soon moved to Chicago where Rickover’s father worked as a tailor. Congressman Adolph Sabath, a ... Leer más

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Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (1900-1986), the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” was born Chaim Godalia Rickover in eastern Poland to Jewish parents. Fleeing Russian antisemitic pogroms in 1906 with his mother and sister, he joined his father, who had traveled to America since 1897, in New York City. The family soon moved to Chicago where Rickover’s father worked as a tailor. Congressman Adolph Sabath, a
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Can Nuclear Bombs wipe out Mankind and the Earth

de Evan July ...

Can Nuclear bombs wipe out mankind and the earth? If we blow all nuclear bombs at once, what will happen? Let's find out in this book: 'Can Nuclear Bombs wipe out mankind and the earth?' ... Leer más

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Can Nuclear bombs wipe out mankind and the earth? If we blow all nuclear bombs at once, what will happen? Let's find out in this book: 'Can Nuclear Bombs wipe out mankind and the earth?'
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The Wretched Atom

America's Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology

de Jacob Darwin Hamblin ...

A groundbreaking narrative of how the United States offered the promise of nuclear technology to the developing world and its gamble that other nations would use it for peaceful purposes. After the Second World War, the United States offered a new kind of atom that differed from the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This atom would cure diseases, produce new foods, make deserts bloom, ... Leer más

$23.12 USD

A groundbreaking narrative of how the United States offered the promise of nuclear technology to the developing world and its gamble that other nations would use it for peaceful purposes. After the Second World War, the United States offered a new kind of atom that differed from the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This atom would cure diseases, produce new foods, make deserts bloom,
... Leer más
量子紀元：一場將要改變世界的運算革命

Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything

de 加來道雄 ...

Traducido por 蔡承志 ...

革命已然開始！糧食不足、能源危機、極端氣候、絕症治療……都能藉由量子電腦找到解決方案？物理學大師加來道雄以最生動易懂的方式，全方位探索量子計算將為人類開創的未來！微晶片獨步天下的成功或許就要走到盡頭。隨著電晶體不斷縮小，尺寸逼近原子級別，計算能力的驚人增長不免就要萎縮。然而，這場變革也預示了一種革命性嶄新電腦的誕生，醞釀出了直接以原子本身來計算的電腦。量子計算承諾能帶來前所未有的運算能力，推動科技進步，顛覆我們的日常生活。媒體大多關注於其破解現有加密方法的驚人潛能，但實際上，競賽早已開展，爭相利用這股強大的力量來革新產業格局。汽車製造商、醫學研究人員以及顧問公司，全都押注於量子運算，希望設計出更高效能的交通工具、開發出拯救生命的新藥物，並優化企業運作。然而，這僅只是個開端。量子計算可以用來解析複雜的化學歷程，創造出生產廉價肥料的必要條件，從而掀起第二次「綠色革命」；打造出超級電池 ... Leer más

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革命已然開始！糧食不足、能源危機、極端氣候、絕症治療……都能藉由量子電腦找到解決方案？物理學大師加來道雄以最生動易懂的方式，全方位探索量子計算將為人類開創的未來！微晶片獨步天下的成功或許就要走到盡頭。隨著電晶體不斷縮小，尺寸逼近原子級別，計算能力的驚人增長不免就要萎縮。然而，這場變革也預示了一種革命性嶄新電腦的誕生，醞釀出了直接以原子本身來計算的電腦。量子計算承諾能帶來前所未有的運算能力，推動科技進步，顛覆我們的日常生活。媒體大多關注於其破解現有加密方法的驚人潛能，但實際上，競賽早已開展，爭相利用這股強大的力量來革新產業格局。汽車製造商、醫學研究人員以及顧問公司，全都押注於量子運算，希望設計出更高效能的交通工具、開發出拯救生命的新藥物，並優化企業運作。然而，這僅只是個開端。量子計算可以用來解析複雜的化學歷程，創造出生產廉價肥料的必要條件，從而掀起第二次「綠色革命」；打造出超級電池
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The Rise of Nuclear Fear

de Spencer R. Weart ...

After a tsunami destroyed the cooling system at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, triggering a meltdown, protesters around the world challenged the use of nuclear power. Germany announced it would close its plants by 2022. Although the ills of fossil fuels are better understood than ever, the threat of climate change has never aroused the same visceral dread or swift action. Spencer Weart ... Leer más

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After a tsunami destroyed the cooling system at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, triggering a meltdown, protesters around the world challenged the use of nuclear power. Germany announced it would close its plants by 2022. Although the ills of fossil fuels are better understood than ever, the threat of climate change has never aroused the same visceral dread or swift action. Spencer Weart
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Uranium

de TKS Murthy ...

The principal theme of this work is the centrality of Uranium, the main raw material, in the nuclear cycle. The contemporary relevance of the subject for the wider Indian readership cannot be overstated against the backdrop of the enormous public debate around the expansion of the country’s nuclear programme.One immediate concern when the government negotiated bilateral agreements with other ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

The principal theme of this work is the centrality of Uranium, the main raw material, in the nuclear cycle. The contemporary relevance of the subject for the wider Indian readership cannot be overstated against the backdrop of the enormous public debate around the expansion of the country’s nuclear programme.One immediate concern when the government negotiated bilateral agreements with other
... Leer más
The Eighth Element

A Report on Thorium

de Brian Basham ...

Thorium is a better, safer, cheaper and more prolific replacement for uranium. It deserves to be given the title ‘The Eighth Element’, following Lord Browne’s book ‘Seven Elements That Have Changed the World’. He lists iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium and silicon. This report explains why thorium should be added to the list. It sets out the case for thorium as a nuclear fuel, ... Leer más

$1.23 USD

Thorium is a better, safer, cheaper and more prolific replacement for uranium. It deserves to be given the title ‘The Eighth Element’, following Lord Browne’s book ‘Seven Elements That Have Changed the World’. He lists iron, carbon, gold, silver, uranium, titanium and silicon. This report explains why thorium should be added to the list. It sets out the case for thorium as a nuclear fuel,
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Nuclear is Not the Solution

The Folly of Atomic Power in the Age of Climate Change

de M.V. Ramana ...

NUCLEAR POWER WILL SLOW OUR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASE THE RISK OF WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND CATASTROPHETHE CLIMATE CRISIS has propelled nuclear energy back into fashion. Its proponents argue we already have the technology of the future and that it only needs perfection and deployment. Nuclear Is Not the Solution demonstrates why this sort of thinking is not only naïve but dangerous ... Leer más

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NUCLEAR POWER WILL SLOW OUR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASE THE RISK OF WEAPONS PROLIFERATION AND CATASTROPHETHE CLIMATE CRISIS has propelled nuclear energy back into fashion. Its proponents argue we already have the technology of the future and that it only needs perfection and deployment. Nuclear Is Not the Solution demonstrates why this sort of thinking is not only naïve but dangerous
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Being Nuclear

Africans and the Global Uranium Trade

de Gabrielle Hecht ...

The hidden history of African uranium and what it means—for a state, an object, an industry, a workplace—to be “nuclear.”Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomic weapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In 2003, after the infamous “yellow cake from Niger,” Africa suddenly became notorious as a source of uranium, a component of nuclear weapons. ... Leer más

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The hidden history of African uranium and what it means—for a state, an object, an industry, a workplace—to be “nuclear.”Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomic weapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In 2003, after the infamous “yellow cake from Niger,” Africa suddenly became notorious as a source of uranium, a component of nuclear weapons.
... Leer más
Managing Nuclear Safety Knowledge: National Approaches and Experience

de IAEA ...

Series Libro 105 - Safety Reports Series
This publication provides practical guidance and information to Member States on how to manage nuclear safety knowledge at the national level, beyond the boundaries of individual organizations. It describes the underlying concepts, challenges and available approaches and tools, as well as summarizing the experience gained by Member States to date. The publication is in line with the ultimate ... Leer más

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This publication provides practical guidance and information to Member States on how to manage nuclear safety knowledge at the national level, beyond the boundaries of individual organizations. It describes the underlying concepts, challenges and available approaches and tools, as well as summarizing the experience gained by Member States to date. The publication is in line with the ultimate
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The Atomic Age - Science Book Grade 6 | Children's How Things Work Books

de Baby Professor ...

The atomic age was the time of the first nuclear bomb. This book will discuss the scientific facts and progress during the Atomic Age. The purpose of which is to give you the knowledge that will help you decide whether the atomic era was fruitful or not. Go ahead and grab a copy of this book today! ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

The atomic age was the time of the first nuclear bomb. This book will discuss the scientific facts and progress during the Atomic Age. The purpose of which is to give you the knowledge that will help you decide whether the atomic era was fruitful or not. Go ahead and grab a copy of this book today!
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Design of Auxiliary Systems and Supporting Systems for Nuclear Power Plants

Specific Safety Guide

de IAEA ...

Series Libro 62 - IAEA Safety Standards Series
There is a general agreement that auxiliary and supporting systems play an important role in the safe operation of a nuclear power plant. There is, however, no clear definition of such systems. The purpose of this publication is to propose a stepwise definition of auxiliary systems and supporting systems for nuclear power plants with water cooled reactors, to describe the general design concepts ... Leer más

$35.00 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

There is a general agreement that auxiliary and supporting systems play an important role in the safe operation of a nuclear power plant. There is, however, no clear definition of such systems. The purpose of this publication is to propose a stepwise definition of auxiliary systems and supporting systems for nuclear power plants with water cooled reactors, to describe the general design concepts
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