A nuclear and sustainable energy reading list
Tags: BOOKS & reading; NUCLEAR energy -- Environmental aspects; RENEWABLE energy sources -- Research; SUSTAINABILITY; NUCLEAR power plants -- Risk assessment; NUCLEAR facilities -- Environmental aspects; NUCLEAR reactors -- Economic aspects; NUCLEAR industry -- Economic aspects
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- ON PREPARING FOR THE ADVENT OF NUCLEAR POWER. Seliger, Howard H. // BioScience;8/1/1970, Vol. 20 Issue 15, p847
The author reflects on topics related to developments of nuclear power plants in the State of Maryland. The environmental authorities in Maryland have succeeded in establishing an environmental friendly image for the proposed Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant. In addition, the Maryland Task...
- Biofuel caution is 'deeply disappointing'. // Farmers Weekly;5/20/2011, Vol. 155 Issue 21, p33
The article reports on the disappointment of the British Country Land and Business Association regarding the Renewable Energy Review conducted by the Committee on Climate Change in May 2011. It mentions that the organization called for farmers to practice cautious approach to the use of biofuels...
- Nuclear Power Plants--Double-Edged Swords. // Defense Monitor;2000, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p4
Analyzes the vulnerability of nuclear reactors to an enemy attack in nations with Nuclear Power Plants. Implications of nuclear energy on the environment and national security; Statistics on the worldwide reactor status and electrical nuclear share of countries; Role of preventive diplomacy in...
- Radiation risks. Darby, Sarah // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);10/16/99, Vol. 319 Issue 7216, p1019
Discusses radiation risks from nuclear power plants. Public mistrust on nuclear power; Epidemiology of nuclear radiation exposures; Advantages and disadvantages of nuclear radiation.
- New work on the benefits of environmental regulation: Discussion. Opaluch, James J. // American Journal of Agricultural Economics;Dec93, Vol. 75 Issue 5, p1283
Discusses the value of using comparison approach on the issue of environmental regulations on nuclear power. Basis of thought process on the benefits of two alternatives; Untenability of public perceptions to expert assessments.
- ALTERNATE ENERGY ISSUES FOR BERMUDA'S GOVERNMENT. Lister, Terry Eugene // Parliamentarian;2009 Bermuda Supplement, p17
The article urges that an economically sound and sustainable energy source needs to be developed within Bermuda. The colony relies almost entirely on fossil fuels for electric production, with a very small remaining percentage being harnessed through waste to energy methodologies. The author...
- Dounreay closure jeopardises fast breeders. Milne, Roger // New Scientist;8/15/92, Vol. 135 Issue 1834, p7
Reports that the British government has refused to agree to a financial package which would have kept the prototype fast reactor (PFR) at Dounreay running for another three years. Research that had hoped to begin there; Problems that it will cause Germany's nuclear industry; Other problems.
- Nuclear advice. // New Scientist;11/10/90, Vol. 128 Issue 1742, p19
Presents recommendations by Britain's National Radiological Protection Board that in the case of a nuclear emergency, countermeasures should include sheltering and the use of iodate tablets.
- Elevated Childhood Cancer Incidence Proximate to U.S. Nuclear Power Plants. Mangano, Joseph J.; Sherman, Janette; Chang, Carolyn; Dave, Amie; Feinberg, Elyssa; Frimer, Marina // Archives of Environmental Health;Feb2003, Vol. 58 Issue 2, p74
Numerous reports document elevated cancer rates among children living near nuclear facilities in various nations. Little research has examined U.S. rates near the nation's 103 operating reactors. This article presents a study which determined that cancer incidence for children less than 10 years...
