Superfuel : thorium, the green energy source for the future / Richard Martin.
2012
TK9360 .M319 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Superfuel : thorium, the green energy source for the future / Richard Martin.
Author
Martin, Richard, 1958-
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780230116474
0230116477
0230116477
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Language
English
Description
262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
TK9360 .M319 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
669/.2922
Summary
"In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic weapons, won out over its more pacific sister element, relegating thorium to the dustbin of science. Now, as we grapple with the perils of nuclear energy and rogue atomic weapons and mankind confronts the specter of global climate change, thorium is reemerging as the overlooked energy source that can wean us off our fossil-fuel addiction and avert the risk of nuclear meltdown"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
1.The Lost Book of Thorium Power
2.The Thunder Element
3.The Only Safe Reactor
4.Rickover and Weinberg
5.The Birth of Nuclear Power
6.The End of Nuclear Power
7.The Asian Nuclear Power Race
8.Nuclear's Next Generation
9.The Business Crusade
10.What We Must Do.
2.The Thunder Element
3.The Only Safe Reactor
4.Rickover and Weinberg
5.The Birth of Nuclear Power
6.The End of Nuclear Power
7.The Asian Nuclear Power Race
8.Nuclear's Next Generation
9.The Business Crusade
10.What We Must Do.