How Nuclear Power Works - Environment
The look of a nuclear power plant is unmistakable, with those smooth and sloped cooling towers. I've always found them a little ominous, giving me a vague feeling of radioactive waves corrupting my body just by driving past. Ok, maybe a little ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Environmental Aspects Of Nuclear Power
 Environmental Aspects Of Nuclear Power [... more]
$1.70
A1 Books |
Earthquake Ignites Fire at Nuclear Power Plant
An earthquake in northwestern Japan rattled the world's largest nuclear power plant today, causing a fire at one of the plant's transformers. The reactors automatically shut down for safety, but officials said they did not detect any radiation leaks. [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
* SPECIAL REPORT: Can Safe Nuclear Power Work for America?
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) just offered its annual outlook for the future of nuclear power, and it's optimistic-partly of necessity. Today's 104 nuclear power plants generate about 20 percent of electricity in the United States. Due to ... [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
Safety Culture in Nuclear Power Operations
Nuclear Power Safety: Culture Is The Key: "Safety Culture in Nuclear Power Operations" is an important volume for any professional interested in safety in any tightly-coupled technological domain. The term "safety culture" came to the [... more]
$109.95
Amazon.com |
Environmental Case for Nuclear Power
Environmental Case for Nuclear Power [... more]
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Buy.com |
Nuclear Power Plant Emergency
Nuclear power plants use the heat generated from nuclear fission in a contained environment to convert water to steam, which powers generators to produce electricity. Nuclear power plants operate in most states in the country and produce about 20 ... [... more]
FEMA |
Nuclear Power
The use of nuclear power to generate electricity began in the late 1950s. At the close of the twentieth century, nuclear power was supplying about 20 percent of the electricity generated in the United States and about 16 percent ... [... more]
Healthline |
Sustainable Nuclear Power
Some worthwhile content, mostly abysmal authorship: I wrote "authorship" above, but perhaps it should be "editorship," since Suppes and Storvick are listed on the title page as "Editors." However, no other authors are [... more]
$65.95
Amazon.com |
Personal Nuclear Power: New Battery Lasts 12 Years
A new type of battery based on the decay of nuclear material is 10 times more powerful than similar prototypes and should last 10 years without a charge. A cross-section of the newly pitted silicon wafer that runs the nuclear battery. Credit: ... [... more]
Live Science |
Kathleen Hart
Kathleen Hart is a journalist who has been writing about health and the environment for more than sixteen years. She has covered agriculture and biotechnology for Food Chemical News and has reported on nuclear power and nonproliferation for ... [... more]
Random House |
Insurmountable Risks: The Dangers of Using Nuclear Power ...
What holds nuclear power back? As documented in this book:: 1. It is more expensive today than renewables when decommissioning costs and waste disposal are included. 2. In the intermediate time frame, it is more expensive than LNG or (projected) coal [... more]
$19.95
Amazon.com |
