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368 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 23 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Nuclear reactors to generate electricity ; How radiation from atomic energy programs gets to you: what it does to you -- How radiation produces disease and hereditary alterations -- Is any radiation "safe"? -- Promises, promises -- How safe are nuclear reactors? ; Nuclear electricity and the citizen's rights -- The nuclear legacy: radioactive wastes and plutonium -- Alternatives available to us -- What can citizens do about nuclear electricity? ; Must we hold out for the "cold corpses"? -- Toward an adversary system of scientific inquiry -- The ultimate issue: conversion or ecocide -- Appendixes : I. Nuclear power questions and answers ; II. Moratorium activists ; III. Atomic safety and licensing board panel ; IV. Advisory committee on reactor safeguards ; V. When experts disagree, which ones shall we believe? ; VI. Nuclear power and alternatives ; VII. U.S. central station nuclear power projects. |
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Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects.
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Radioactive pollution.
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Radioactivity.
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Air Pollution, Radioactive. (DNLM)D000398 |
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Nuclear Reactors. (DNLM)D009688 |
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Radioactive Waste. (DNLM)D011850 |
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Water Pollution, Radioactive. (DNLM)D014878 |
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Nuclear power plants -- Environmental aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01040524
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Radioactive pollution. (OCoLC)fst01087680
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Radioactivity. (OCoLC)fst01088014
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Works. (DNLM)D020496 |
| Added Author |
Tamplin, Arthur R., author.
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Gravel, Mike.
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| ISBN |
0878570047 |
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9780878570041 |
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