Nuclear power - the only future hope

The subject is discussed under the following headings: future energy needs (summary of possible energy sources, with relative advantages and disadvantages); nuclear weapons and the terrorists (technical difficulties in making bombs); dangers of radioactive substances (comparison between plutonium and other poisons); are nuclear reactors dangerous; radiation level and the environment (comparison between nuclear power plants and other radiation sources); statistics for accidental deaths in the United States in 1973. (U.K.)