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Don't Know Much About the Civil Warby Kenneth C. Davis
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99Why did Abraham Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? Was the Gettysburg Address written on the back of an envelope?Where did the Underground Railroad run? Can you answer these questions? If not, you're not alone! New York Times -bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sorting out the players, the politics, the key events -- Emancipation and Reconstruction, Shiloh and Gettysburg, Generals Grant and Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe -- and providing little-known facts that will enthrall even learned Civil War buffs. Vivid, informative, and hugely entertaining, Don't Know Much About® the Civil War is the only book you'll ever need on "the war that never ended." more...
Three Mile Islandby J. Samuel Walker
University of California Press 2004; US$ 12.95Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released The China Syndrome, featuring Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas as a TVnews crew who witness what appears to be a serious accident at a nuclear power plant. In a spectacular coincidence, on March 28, 1979, less than two weeks after the movie came out, the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. For five days, the citizens of central Pennsylvania and the entire world, amid growing alarm, followed the efforts of authorities to prevent the crippled plant from spewing dangerous quantities of radiation into the environment. This book is the first comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the Three Mile Island crisis.... more...
Permissible Doseby J. Samuel Walker
University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95How much radiation is too much? J. Samuel Walker examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. The risks of radiation?caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, exposure from medical or manufacturing procedures, effluents from nuclear power, or radioactivity from other sources?have aroused more sustained controversy and public fear than any other comparable industrial or environmental hazard. Walker clarifies the entire radiation debate, showing that permissible dose levels are a key to the principles and practices that have prevailed in the field of radiation protection since the 1930s, and to their highly charged... more...
Government and Nuclear Energyby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 35.00The main objective of national energy policies in OECD countries is to ensure the availability of secure and economic supplies with minimal environmental impact. The means of achieving security and competitiveness in the supply of electricity differ between countries. more...
Physics of Plutonium Recyclingby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 75.00The commercial recycling of plutonium as PuO2/UO2 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel is an established practice in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) in several countries, the main motivation being the consumption of plutonium arising from spent fuel reprocessing. more...
Nuclear Energy Databy Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 35.00This new edition of Nuclear Energy Data, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency?s annual compilation of essential statistics on nuclear energy in OECD countries, offers additional textual and graphical information as compared with previous editions. more...
Nuclear Energy Databy Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 35.00This new edition of Nuclear Energy Data, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency?s annual compilation of essential statistics on nuclear energy in OECD countries, offers additional graphical information as compared with previous editions allowing a rapid comparison between capacity and requirements in the various phases of the nuclear fuel cycle. more...
Uranium 2003by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 142.00The ?Red Book?, jointly prepared by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency, is a recognised world reference on uranium. This edition, the 20th, presents the results of a thorough review of world uranium supplies and demand as of 1 January 2003 based on official information received from 43 countries. more...
Nuclear Competence Buildingby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 39.00In many countries, government R&D funding in the area of nuclear energy has been dramatically reduced or has disappeared altogether. At the same time, the profit margins of electricity generators have been severely squeezed. The combined effect has led to a reduction in technical innovation and the danger of the loss of technical competencies and skills in the area. more...
Nuclear Law Bulletin: SWITZERLAND Act on Nuclear Energy (21 March 2003)by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 33.00When the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management1 came into force in June 2002, following by almost five years the entry into force of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS),2 the major elements3 of the International Atomic Energy Agency?s long-planned international legal regime on nuclear safety4 appeared to be finally in place. This fact might have been expected to be a cause for general satisfaction, if not more...









