| Description |
279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The early years / Boyd Norton -- Underestimating the risks / Karl Z. Morgan -- Protecting the public / Allen Brodsky -- George Orwell understated the case / John W. Gofman -- Exaggerating the risks / Bernard L. Cohen -- Safe enough / Anthony V. Nero, Jr. -- Second thoughts / Jan Beyea -- No technical barriers / Fred A. Donath -- Will it stay put? / Robert O. Pohl -- The industry's worst enemy / Ralph Nader and Richard P. Pollock -- On the road to recovery / Tony Velocci, Jr. -- Living without nuclear energy / Vince Taylor -- The effects of a nuclear phase-out / Alan S. Manne and Richard G. Richels -- Soft energy paths / Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins -- A golden decade for solar energy? / Modesto A. Maidique -- Closing in on fusion / Stephen O. Dean -- Breeder reactors : the next generation / Robert Avery and Hans A. Bethe -- The future of nuclear energy / Alvin M. Weinberg -- Denuclearization / Richard Falk -- The antinuclear movement / David Dellinger -- The hidden agenda / Bertram Wolfe |
| Summary |
The Early years--Underestimating the risks--Protecting the public--George Orwell understated the case--(etc.) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nuclear energy -- United States.
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| Author |
Kaku, Michio.
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Thompson, Jennifer Trainer.
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| LC no. |
82006426 |
| ISBN |
0393016315 |
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0393301281 (paperback) |
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