Nuclear energy: a sensible alternative

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5537302

Ott, K O; Spinrad, B I

This book presents information on energy futures; energy demand, energy supplies; exclusive paths and difficult choices--hard, soft, and moderate energy paths; an energy-deficient society; energy shortages; economics of light-water reactors; fast breeder reactor economics; international cooperation in the nuclear field; nuclear recycling; alternative fuels, fuel cycles, and reactors; the nuclear weapons proliferation issue; paths to a world with more reliable nuclear safeguards; the homemade bomb issue; LWR risk assessment; accident analysis and risk assessment; the waste disposal risk; radon problems; risks in our society; health effects of low-level radiation; routine releases of radioactivity from the nuclear industry; low-level radioactivity and infant mortality; the myth of plutonium toxicity; myths about high-level radioactive waste; the aging reactor myth; the police state myth; insurance and nuclear power--the Price-Anderson Act; and solar and nuclear power as partners.

• OSTI ID: 5537302
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ECONOMICS
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FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL CYCLE
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GLOBAL ASPECTS
HAZARDS
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HUMAN POPULATIONS
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
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RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
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RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
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