Energy or extinction. The case for nuclear energy. 2. ed.

The subject is discussed in chapters, entitled: the anti-nuclear environmentalists; stars and atoms (element abundance in the solar system and on Earth; distribution of strategic elements on Earth); energy (energy use and global energy requirements); energy availability: non-nuclear sources (solar energy; reserves of fossil fuels; wind power; water power; tides and waves); energy availability: nuclear sources (nucleosynthesis; isotopes; uranium and thorium isotopes; fission; plutonium isotopes; nuclear reactors (thermal and fast breeder); possibility of theft of plutonium by terrorists; advantages of CANDU type reactors; fusion reactions); the safety of nuclear energy (reactor safety; radiation hazards; radioactive waste disposal; risk analysis). In the Introduction to the present edition, the following topics are discussed: position on oil and coal resources and supplies; accident at Three Mile Island-2 reactor; U.S. Non-proliferation Act. (U.K.)