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Nuclear energy /
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 vi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | What everyone needs to know.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japanese nuclear crisis of 2011, sentiment about nuclear power underwent a marked change. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199792450 0199792453 9786613098139 6613098132 0199792992 9780199792993 |