Overview
Concisely considers all major themes and technologies related to energy production (fossil fuels, renewables, and nuclear)
Directly tackles the issue of nuclear energy, including the Fukushima accident and its implications
Makes a carefully reasoned case for a balanced energy mix which weighs demand, climate change due to atmospheric carbon, and radioactive waste
Spiced with science, history, and anecdotes in a way that ensures rewarding reading without loss of rigor
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
This book explains how society will face an energy crisis in the coming decades owing to increasing scarcity of fossil fuels and climate change impacts. It carefully explores this coming crisis and concisely examines all of the major technologies related to energy production (fossil fuels, renewables, and nuclear) and their impacts on our society and environment. The author argues that it is wrong to pit alternatives to fossil fuels against each other and proposes that nuclear energy, although by no means free of problems, can be a viable source of reliable and carbon-free electricity. He concludes by calling for a diversified and rational mix of electricity generation in order to mitigate the effects of the energy crisis. Throughout, the book is spiced with science, history, and anecdotes in a way that ensures rewarding reading without loss of rigor.
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“I really enjoyed the book and its factual approach to this delicate and controversial topic. … I like the book; I like the author’s open and honest approach, his competence and his rigorous summaries of a global problem that concern us all. I would recommend reading it before voting for any topic related to the energy problem on our planet.” (Antonella Del Rosso, CERN Courier, March, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
J.J. Gomez Cadenas is Professor of Nuclear and Particle Physics at the University of Valencia. His research interests encompass experimental neutrino physics, the search for the neutrino-less double beta decay process, and the applications of nuclear instrumentation to medicine and non-proliferation. He writes regularly in diverse media about science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Nuclear Environmentalist
Book Subtitle: Is There a Green Road to Nuclear Energy?
Authors: Juan José Gomez Cadenas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2478-6
Publisher: Copernicus Milano
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Juan José Gómez Cadenas 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-2477-9Published: 24 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-2478-6Published: 16 May 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 165
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Translation from Spanish ISBN 978-84-670-3099-0
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Renewable and Green Energy, Nuclear Energy, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Popular Science, general