Atomic awakening : a new look at the history and future of nuclear power / James Mahaffey.
Mahaffey, James A.
2009
TK9145 .M34 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Atomic awakening : a new look at the history and future of nuclear power / James Mahaffey.
Author Mahaffey, James A.
Edition 1st Pegasus Books ed.
ISBN 9781605980409
1605980404
Publication Details New York : Pegasus Books, 2009.
Language English
Description xxiii, 344 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number TK9145 .M34 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 621.48
Summary Evaluates the potential of nuclear technology as a non-polluting, renewable energy source while describing how nuclear energy's negative association with weapons development and the Cold War has stymied the progress of its beneficial uses.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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