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Nuclear Choices
Richard Wolfson
其他書名
A Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Technology
出版
MIT Press
, 1993
主題
Business & Economics / Economics / General
History / Modern / 20th Century / General
Political Science / General
Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Nuclear
ISBN
0262731088
9780262731089
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=yaABmkFpEaIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The benefits of nuclear technology are real. So are the dangers. In Nuclear Choices, physicist Richard Wolfson provides citizens with the background they need to make informed choices about the nuclear technologies that provide a substantial portion of our electrical energy, help airlines detect terrorists' bombs, and enhance the diagnosis and treatment of disease, but that have also produced the devastation of Hiroshima and the accidents at Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl. Wolfson introduces the concepts needed to evaluate the claims of proponents and opponents of the various nuclear technologies. He clearly and concisely explains the basics of nuclear energy and radiation, nuclear power (electricity, reactors, nuclear waste, and alternatives to nuclear fission), and nuclear weapons (their history, technology, effects, delivery systems, strategy, and control), and he invites readers to make their own judgments on controversial nuclear issues. -- Back cover.