The reporter's handbook on nuclear materials, energy, and waste management /

A definitive, non-partisan guide to the hotly-contested issues of the nuclear era.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenberg, Michael R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Nuclear energy > Press coverage.
Nuclear industry > Press coverage.
Radioactive waste disposal > Press coverage.
Spent reactor fuels > Press coverage.
Nuclear facilities > Environmental aspects > Press coverage.
Science journalism.
Combustibles nucléaires irradiés > Couverture de presse.
Installations nucléaires > Aspect de l'environnement > Couverture de presse.
Presse scientifique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Science journalism
Nuclear energy > Press coverage
Nuclear industry > Press coverage
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • About CRESP
  • Part I: Getting Started
  • How to Use the Handbook
  • Why Now? Why This Discussion?
  • Crosscutting Themes
  • Covering Nukes: Play Hard, but Play Fair
  • Part II: Briefs
  • Section 1: Radionuclides and Human Health Effects
  • Section 2: Nuclear Energy and Other Civilian Uses
  • Sustainability: Will There Be Enough Uranium and Nuclear Fuel and at What Cost?
  • Closing the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Opportunity and the Challenge
  • Nuclear Power Plant Safety Systems
  • Three Mile Island and Chernobyl: What Happened and Lessons Learned
  • Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities
  • Transportation of Nuclear Waste
  • The Economics of Nuclear Power
  • Civilian Uses of Radiation and Radioactive Material (Other than Commercial Nuclear Power)
  • Section 3: Nuclear Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Policy in the United States: Classification, Management, and Disposition
  • Monitoring and Surveillance of Nuclear Waste Sites
  • Impact of Radionuclides and Nuclear Waste on Nonhumans and Ecosystems
  • Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance at Closed Nuclear Waste Sites
  • Section 4: Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, and Nonproliferation
  • Managing the Nuclear Weapons Legacy
  • Dirty Bombs (Radiological Dispersal Devices)
  • Nuclear Nonproliferation
  • Protecting Nuclear Power Plants against Terrorism
  • International Agencies and Policy
  • Section 5: Risk Perception and Risk Communication
  • Global Warming and Fuel Sources
  • Public Perceptions of Risk and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Nuclear Waste
  • Risk Communication about Nuclear Materials
  • Part III: Additional Resources
  • History of Nuclear Power in the United States and Worldwide
  • Important Federal Legislation and Regulations
  • American Nuclear Society Position Statements.
  • Background on Key Organizations Related to U.S. Nuclear Programs
  • Key Sources
  • Glossary
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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