(Ebook) Nuclear Portraits: Communities, the Environment, and Public Policy by Laurel Sefton MacDowell ISBN 9781442626294, 1442626291

(Ebook) Nuclear Portraits: Communities, the Environment, and Public Policy by Laurel Sefton MacDowell ISBN 9781442626294, 1442626291

In the twenty-first century, nuclear energy has become a hotly contested issue. In the face of climate change, and the search for alternative forms of energy, nuclear power continues to affect the lives of communities around the world.
InNuclear Portraits, scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia demonstrate the complexity, controversy, contradictions, and dangers that surround many aspects of the nuclear industry. The resulting local, regional, national, and international concerns that arise, such as the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, call into question the optimism espoused by the nuclear industry. We live in a world with more nuclear nations than ever before and energy policy is central to the mounting global concern about climate change. The innovative essays found inNuclear Portraitswill open your eyes to the realities of nuclear energy, thereby allowing you to decide for yourself whose side you are on.