Nuclear Choices

A Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Technology
revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-262-73108-9
Verlag: MIT Press Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 753 g

Reihe: New Liberal Arts

The benefits of nuclear technology are real. So are the dangers. In Nuclear Choices, physicist Richard Wolfson provides the background needed to make informed choices about nuclear technologies, introducing concepts that can be used for evaluating the claims of both proponents and opponents. Wolfson clearly and concisely explains the basics of nuclear energy, radiation, and nuclear power (electricity, reactors, nuclear waste, and alternatives to nuclear fission). For this edition he has completely revised the chapter on nuclear weapons (their history, technology, effects, delivery systems, strategy, and control). Readers are encouraged to make their own judgments on controversial nuclear issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolfson, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nuklearer Strahlenschutz, Nuklearenergie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Über Autor(innen)

Wolfson, Richard
Richard Wolfson is Professor of Physics at Middlebury College.