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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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This fact-packed book offers a simple, age-appropriate explanation of nuclear energy, discusses fission and fusion, and explores the pros and cons of this important energy source. A timeline is included to provide a full historical view of our challenges and advances in nuclear power.
4) The case for nukes: how we can beat global warming and create a free, open, and magnificent future
Author
Publisher
Polaris Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The author, a nuclear and aerospace engineer, shares his perspectives and insights on how nuclear energy is a safe and feasible energy solution that supports a positive human future.
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English
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Explorer, diving pioneer, filmmaker, inventor, and activist, Jacques Cousteau was blessed from childhood with boundless curiosity about the natural world. As the leader of fascinating, often dangerous expeditions all over the planet, he discovered firsthand the complexity and beauty of life on earth and undersea--and watched the toll taken by human activity. In his last book, written over the last ten years of his life and finally available in the...
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The endless and enormous power of the sun provides life to all organisms on Earth, from the smallest plant to the largest animal. This awesome power is being used today to provide a rich and abundant source of energy in many parts of the world, and to operate machinery and heat and light buildings. Discover how the sun is powering our planet, the technology used to harness it, and what the future of solar power could be."--
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
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For more than twenty years, Bill Nye "the Science Guy" has inspired legions of fans with an empowering message: The combination of scientific curiosity and human ingenuity can transform obstacles into opportunities and unlock a future of endless possibilities. Now, Bill applies his message of technological optimism to one of the most serious challenges facing our species: climate change. With a scientist's rigorous understanding of how things are...
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Series
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In the 21st century, nuclear power has been identified as a viable alternative to traditional energy sources to stem global climate change, and condemned as risky to human health and environmentally irresponsible. Do the advantages of nuclear energy outweigh the risks, especially in light of the meltdown at the Fukushima plant in 2011? This guide provides both a comprehensive overview of this critical and controversial technology, presenting reference...
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Publisher
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This encyclopedia supplies entries on 100 major U.S. financial crises from the Colonial era to today that have had tremendous domestic impact-and in many cases, global impact as well. The entries explore the history and impact of major economic events, including banking crises, economic shortages, recessions, national strikes and labor upheavals, natural resource shortages, panics, and the collapse of specific American industries such as rubber and...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A Chernobyl survivor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe "mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system" in this "vividly empathetic" account of the worst nuclear accident in history (Wall Street Journal).
On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power...
On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A feature-length documentary about the history and future of nuclear power. The film explores how and why mankind's most feared and controversial technological discovery is now passionately embraced by many of those who once led the charge against it. Operating as history, cultural meditation and contemporary exploration, Pandora's promise aims to inspire a serious and realistic debate over what is without question the most important question of our...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission reveals how the nuclear energy industry endangers lives, how the NRC has been overpowered by the industry it was meant to regulate, and why Congress does nothing to change the status quo.
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the "definitive" (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of world electricity. Yet as the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change,...
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First Run Features
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 2012, Atsushi Funahashi presentedNuclear Nation, his film about the consequences of the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Daiichi. 1400 people from nearby Futaba were evacuated to a school building in a Tokyo suburb. Funahashi documented people's desperation with true empathy and showed the full extent of the destruction. This year, he presents the sequel.. We learn that the former mayor - previously a fervent advocate of nuclear energy...
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