The Nuclear Lion What Every Citizen Should Know About Nuclear Power and Nuclear War
. . . human kind cannot bear very much reality. T. S. ELIOT, Four Quartets When I was a little child, I lived in an old and somewhat rickety house by the sea. When the winter wind blew, the house would shake and tremble, and cold drafts would whistle through cracks in the walls. You might have thoug...
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New York, NY
Springer US
1991, 1991
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1991 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Chernobyl and Hiroshima
- I. Atoms and Life
- 1. Atoms: What the Universe Is Made Of
- 2. Molecules: How the Atoms Fit Together
- 3. Radiation: How the Atoms Interact
- II. Radiations and Life
- 4. Radiation Biology
- 5. Radioisotopes in Medicine and Industry
- III. The Power
- 6. Nuclear Creation
- 7. Nuclear Power Reactors
- 8. Nuclear Reactor Accidents
- 9. Nuclear Waste Disposal
- 10. Myth I: Nuclear Power Is Too Dangerous
- 11. The Power Problem
- IV. The Peril
- 12. Nuclear Weapons and Arsenals
- 13. Nuclear War: I. The Terrible Swift Sword
- 14. Nuclear War: II. The Slow Death
- 15. Myth II: You Can’t Trust the Russians
- 16. Nuclear Confrontation
- 17. New Perspectives
- V. Living with Lions
- 18. Myth III: War Makes Jobs
- 19. Facts and Fallacies
- 20. Technology, War, and People
- Summary: No Nukes?
- Afterword: The Millennium
- Notes
- Appendixes