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- Nuclear Electricity Generation by Selected Country, Mar. 1999. // World Almanac & Book of Facts;2000, p166
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- World Nuclear Power Summary, 1998. // World Almanac & Book of Facts;2000, p167
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- A minimal reduction of a major risk. Blechman, B.M. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Apr1988, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p44
Discusses how the nuclear risk reduction centers agreed to last fall could become decisive, stabilizing links between the US and the Soviet Union. The centers will be established in Moscow and Washington, DC and will provide high-speed communications dedicated to preventing war between the...
- Trouble aboard Red October. Schoenfeld, G. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jun1989, Vol. 45 Issue 5, p13
Report that the sinking of a Mike-Class Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine in April, off the coast of Norway, draws attention to the dangers of nuclear-powered shipping. Other Soviet accidents; Safety problems.
- Twinkle, twinkle little Topaz. Tarasenko, Maxim // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jul/Aug1993, Vol. 49 Issue 6, p11
Examines the controversy over the use of nuclear reactors in space. Dispute between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and the space-science community over launch of the Russian-built nuclear reactor, Topaz 2; Soviet Union's use of nuclear reactors in space since 1967; Radiation...
- Will food irradiation stir another nuclear debate? Weinberg, L. // Environmental Nutrition;Apr92, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p1
States that the new irradiation facility Vindicator of Florida has reopened heated discussions about the process of food irradiation. How the process works; What it is; Reasons for irradiation; The politics of food irradiation; Safety of the food and the process; How to spot irradiated foods;...
- Abalone, rattlesnakes and kilowatt monsters: nature and the atom at Diablo Canyon, California. Wills, John // Cultural Geographies;Apr2003, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p149
This article argues that a broad cultural fascination with what is deemed to be natural (and, conversely, artificial) has influenced how we relate to nuclear landscapes. In the case of Diablo Canyon, a headland on the California coast set aside for nuclear development in the 1960s, we find that...
- Why environmentalists should promote nuclear energy. Wolfe, Bertram // Issues in Science & Technology;Summer96, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p55
Opinion. Comments that environmentalists should promote nuclear energy because it may be the only viable energy option. Prevention of economic stagnation, energy conflicts and environmental degradation; Capacity of nuclear power plants to provide energy; Benefits of maintaining the viability of...
