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This is a list of books about nuclear issues. They are non-fiction books which relate to uranium mining, nuclear weapons and/or nuclear power. The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2001) American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005) The Angry Genie: One Man's Walk Through the Nuclear Age (1999)
Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power: A Critical Global Assessment of Atomic Energy is a 2011 book by Benjamin K. Sovacool, published by World Scientific.Sovacool's book addresses the current status of the global nuclear power industry, its fuel cycle, nuclear accidents, environmental impacts, social risks, energy payback, nuclear power economics, and industry subsidies.
No Place to Hide (Bradley book) Non-Nuclear Futures; Normal Accidents; Not for the Faint of Heart; Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction; Nuclear Implosions; Nuclear Iran: Birth of an Atomic State; Nuclear Nebraska; Nuclear or Not? Nuclear Politics in America; Nuclear Power and the Environment; Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable ...
The book covers standard American military protocol in the event of a nuclear first strike against the United States.It particularly highlights launch on warning as a dangerous and potentially catastrophic policy of nuclear armed nations and concludes that any nuclear conflict has the potential to end in near-total human extinction.
Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West is a 1999 book by Len Ackland. [1] Ackland draws on information obtained from governmental sources, federal contractors, personal interviews, and newspaper articles to form a multi-layered history about the controversial Rocky Flats nuclear facility.
Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958–1978 is the first detailed history of the anti-nuclear movement in the United States, written by Thomas Wellock. It is also the first state-level research on the subject with a focus on California. [1] [2] Reviewer Paula Garb has said:
The Doomsday Machine: The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel is a 2012 book by Martin Cohen and Andrew McKillop which addresses a broad range of concerns regarding the nuclear industry, the economics and environmental aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear power plants, and nuclear accidents. The book has been described ...
Widespread public opposition accompanied the rise of the U.S. nuclear industry during the 1960s and 1970s. In Conservation Fallout , Wills examines one of the most controversial nuclear projects of the period: Pacific Gas and Electric 's Diablo Canyon Power Plant , which was built in a relatively unsettled, biologically diverse, and scenic part ...