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The Nuclear Energy Option

An Alternative for the 90s

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  • © 1990

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  1. Bernard L. Cohen
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Nuclear Power — Act II

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 1-8

  3. Do We Need More Power Plants?

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 9-17

  4. Environmental Problems with Coal, Oil, and Gas

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 19-37

  5. Is the Public Ready for More Nuclear Power?

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 39-48

  6. How Dangerous is Radiation?

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 49-72

  7. The Fearsome Reactor Meltdown Accident

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 73-101

  8. The Chernobyl Accident-Can it Happen Here?

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 103-116

  9. Understanding Risk

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 117-144

  10. Costs of Nuclear Power Plants- What Went Wrong

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 145-157

  11. The Next Generation of Nuclear Power Plants

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 159-171

  12. Hazards of High-Level Radioactive Waste-the Great Myth

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 173-200

  13. More on Radioactive Waste

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 201-223

  14. Plutonium and Bombs

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 225-256

  15. The Solar Dream

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 257-271

  16. Questions and Answers

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 273-288

  17. Recapitulation

    • Bernard L. Cohen
    Pages 289-296

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 297-338
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Nuclear Energy Option

  • Book Subtitle: An Alternative for the 90s

  • Authors: Bernard L. Cohen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6002-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Bernard L. Cohen 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43567-6Published: 01 January 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6002-3Published: 12 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 338

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks

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