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Nuclear or not? : does nuclear power have a place in a sustainable energy future? / edited by David Elliott ; with a preface by Andrew Blowers.

Contributor(s): Series: Energy, climate and the environment seriesPublication details: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillian, 2010, 2007.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: xxiv, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230241732 (pbk.)
  • 9780230507647 (cloth)
  • 0230507646 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Does nuclear power have a place in a sustainable energy future?
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD9698.G72 N84 2007
Contents:
Nuclear energy: an introductory primer / Jonathan Scurlock -- A concise history of the nuclear industry worldwide / Jonathan Scurlock -- Opposition to nuclear power: a brief history / Horace Herring -- Building or burning the bridges to a sustainable energy policy / Gregg Butler and Grace McGlynn -- Criteria for a sustainable energy future / Paul Allen -- Time for a fresh look at nuclear? / Stephen W. Kidd -- Nuclear power and renewables in the UK: can we have both? / David Elliot -- New information on radiation health hazards / Ian Fairlie -- Nuclear waste: the protracted debate in the UK / David Lowry -- Risk, economics, and nuclear power / Catherine Mitchell and Bridget Woodman -- Nuclear power-the European dimension / Antony Froggatt -- Non-nuclear sustainable energy futures for Germany and the UK / Godfrey Boyle -- Nuclear power around the world / Stephan W. Kidd -- Can nuclear power ever be green? / Jonathan Scurlock -- Nuclear renaissance requires nuclear enlightenment / William J. Nuttall -- UK energy choices-an enlightened future? / David Elliot.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HD 9698 .G72 N84 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Copy Type:01 - Books Book Cart:19 - Entry Collection Available 5003701

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nuclear energy: an introductory primer / Jonathan Scurlock -- A concise history of the nuclear industry worldwide / Jonathan Scurlock -- Opposition to nuclear power: a brief history / Horace Herring -- Building or burning the bridges to a sustainable energy policy / Gregg Butler and Grace McGlynn -- Criteria for a sustainable energy future / Paul Allen -- Time for a fresh look at nuclear? / Stephen W. Kidd -- Nuclear power and renewables in the UK: can we have both? / David Elliot -- New information on radiation health hazards / Ian Fairlie -- Nuclear waste: the protracted debate in the UK / David Lowry -- Risk, economics, and nuclear power / Catherine Mitchell and Bridget Woodman -- Nuclear power-the European dimension / Antony Froggatt -- Non-nuclear sustainable energy futures for Germany and the UK / Godfrey Boyle -- Nuclear power around the world / Stephan W. Kidd -- Can nuclear power ever be green? / Jonathan Scurlock -- Nuclear renaissance requires nuclear enlightenment / William J. Nuttall -- UK energy choices-an enlightened future? / David Elliot.

Originally published in hbk.: 2007.

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