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Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case /
"Makes a case for nuclear energy as a clean-energy solution."--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Fox, Michael H., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Why we need nuclear power : |b the environmental case / |c Michael H. Fox. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Oxford ; |a New York : |b Oxford University Press, USA, |c 2014. | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t Global Climate Change: Real or Myth? -- |t What Is the Debate About? -- |t The IPCC and International Conventions -- |t The Greenhouse Effect -- |t Skeptical Politicians and Pundits -- |t Skeptical Scientists -- |t Historical Temperature and Greenhouse Gas Record -- |t The Last 10,000 Years of Climate: The Holocene -- |t Recent Changes in Temperature and CO2 -- |t Melting Glaciers and Rising Seas -- |t Models -- |t Response to Singer and Avery -- |t Predictions of Future Global Warming and Consequences -- |t Sea Level and Acidification -- |t Global Weirding -- |g 2. |t Where Our Energy Comes From -- |t A Brief History of Energy -- |t Coal -- |t Oil and Natural Gas -- |t Uranium -- |t How Much Energy Do We Use and Where Does It Come From? -- |t World Energy Usage -- |t What Can Be Done to Reduce Our Carbon-Intensive Energy Economy? -- |g 3. |t The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Coal and Gas -- |t Coal -- |t Anatomy of a Coal-Fired Plant -- |t Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Other Pollutants -- |t Mining and Health Hazards -- |t How Much Is There? -- |t Carbon Capture and Storage -- |t Natural Gas -- |t How Much Is There? -- |t Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- |t Fracking -- |g 4. |t The Siren Song of Renewable Energy -- |t Solar -- |t Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power -- |t Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -- |t Solar Heating -- |t Limitations of Solar Power -- |t Wind -- |t Limitations of Wind Power -- |t Summary -- |g 5. |t Back to the Future: Nuclear Power -- |t Anatomy of a Reactor -- |t Advantages of Nuclear Power -- |t Baseload Power -- |t Greenhouse Gas Emission -- |t Location and Footprint -- |t Cost -- |t Subsidies for Nuclear and Renewables -- |t Advanced Reactor Technology -- |t Can Nuclear Replace Coal? -- |t Arguments against Nuclear Power -- |g 6. |t The World of the Atom -- |t What Is Radiation? -- |t Black Body Radiation: The Quantum -- |t The Nuclear Atom -- |t The Quantum Atom -- |t The Nucleus -- |t Radioactivity: Decay Processes -- |t Fission -- |t Summary -- |g 7. |t How Dangerous Is Radiation? -- |t Interactions of Radiation with Matter -- |t Electromagnetic Radiation (Photon) Interactions -- |t Charged Particle Interactions -- |t Neutron Interactions -- |t What Is a Dose of Radiation? -- |t Effects of Radiation on DNA and Cells -- |t How Does Radiation Cause Cancer? -- |t What Are the Risks? -- |t Death from Radiation -- |t Cancer from Radiation -- |t Hereditary Effects of Radiation -- |t How Bad Is Plutonium? -- |t Summary -- |g 8. |t What Comes Naturally and Not So Naturally -- |t Natural Background Radiation -- |t Cosmic Radiation -- |t Primordial Terrestrial Radiation -- |t Medical Exposure -- |t How Dangerous Is Background Radiation? -- |g 9. |t Nuclear Waste -- |t What Is Nuclear Waste? -- |t The Long and the Short of Waste Storage -- |t Yucca Mountain -- |t Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) -- |t Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel -- |t Making New Fuel from Recycled "Waste" -- |t Summary -- |g 10. |t About Those Accidents -- |t The Scare, March 16, 1979 -- |t Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979 -- |t How the Accident Happened -- |t Consequences of TMI -- |t Chernobyl, April 26, 1986 -- |t How the Accident Happened -- |t The Hazardous Radioisotopes -- |t Health Consequences -- |t Environmental Consequences -- |t A Trip to Chernobyl -- |t Consequences for Nuclear Power -- |t Fukushima, March 11, 2011 -- |t How the Accident Happened -- |t Health and Environmental Consequences -- |t Consequences for Nuclear Power -- |t Public Perception of Risks from Nuclear Power -- |g 11. |t The Quest for Uranium -- |t Mining for Uranium -- |t Shinkolobwe -- |t Shiprock -- |t Milling -- |t In Situ Recovery -- |t Enrichment -- |t Fuel Fabrication -- |t World Resources of Uranium -- |t Megatons to Megawatts -- |t Is There Enough Uranium for a Nuclear Renaissance? -- |t Breeder Reactors -- |t Thorium -- |t Summary -- |g 12. |t Now What? -- |t Myth 1: Radiation Is Extremely Dangerous and We Don't Understand It -- |t Myth 2: There Is No Solution to the Nuclear Waste Produced by Nuclear Power -- |t Myth 3: Nuclear Power Is Unsafe and Nuclear Accidents Have Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People -- |t Myth 4: Uranium Will Run Out Too Soon and Mining It Generates So Much Carbon Dioxide That It Loses Its Carbon-Free Advantage -- |t Myth 5: Nuclear Power Is So Expensive It Can't Survive in the Marketplace -- |t Afterword -- |t Earth's Energy Balance -- |t Radiative Forcing -- |t The IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) -- |t Energy -- |t Power -- |t Powers of 10 -- |t Radioactivity. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Nuclear industry |x Safety measures. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nuclear industry |x Accidents. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Radioactive waste disposal. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Énergie nucléaire |x Aspect de l'environnement. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Industrie nucléaire |x Sécurité |x Mesures. | |
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