Atomic energy, None by None, None, Kanninen, Barbara J. (Barbara Joan) instant download

Atomic energy, None by None, None, Kanninen, Barbara J. (Barbara Joan) instant download

189 pages : 24 cm, A collection of essays which discuss the history of atomic energy and current controversies surrounding the potential for environmental hazards and nuclear terrorism, Includes bibliographical references and index, Finding energy in the atom: Discovering radioactivity / Henry N. Wagner and Linda E. Ketchum -- Einstein's theory reveals how to get energy from atoms / William L. Laurence -- Amazing array of nuclear discoveries in the 1930s / Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak -- First controlled chain reaction / Corbin Allardice and Edward R. Tapnell -- Developing an atomic weapon / Boyd Norton -- Atomic energy in commercial use: Toward commercial uses for atomic energy / Daniel Ford -- First nuclear power plants / Elizabeth S. Rolph -- Early economics of atomic energy / Gerard H. Clarfield and William M. Wieck -- Soviet atomic energy program / Zhores A. Medvedev -- Types of nuclear reactors / Richard Wolfson -- Nuclear accidents: Accident at Three Mile Island / U.S. Nuclear Regulartoy Commission -- What went wrong at Three Mile Island / James. R. Chiles -- Chernobyl accident / Robert Peter Gale and Thomas Hauser -- Chernobyl, then years later / Neely Tucker -- Evidence linking radiation from Chernobyl to thyroid cancer / Kristen Woodward -- More nuclear reactor accidents are likely / David Lochmaum -- Enduring issues and controversies: Nuclear waste: Environmental problem that will not go away / Walter A. Rosenbaum -- Atomic energy is environmentaly friendly / Bertran David Wolfe -- Atomic energy is expensive / Amory B. and L Hunter Lovins -- Atomic energy is cheap / Robert C. Morris -- Terrorists attacks on nuclear power plants are possible / Friedrich Steinhausler -- Nuclear terrorism is overrated / Douglas M. Chapin et al -- Chronology -- Further research -- Index