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Why We Need Nuclear Power - The Environmental Case (Hardcover)
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The issue of nuclear power has become a polarizing one, especially
in light of the increasing need for sustainable energy sources, and
events like the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan. The public has been
largely wary and even fearful of a reliance on nuclear power,
pointing to the reactor meltdown in Chernobyl or the Three-Mile
Island accident as evidence that nuclear power is an unfeasible and
dangerous source of energy. However, with these fears come
misconceptions about the science behind nuclear power, and many
arguments made against it lack the scientific grounding needed to
contribute to the debate. At the same time, clean-energy sources
like wind and solar have failed to prove that they can be used on a
large enough scale to be relied upon. In Why We Need Nuclear Power:
The Environmental Case, experienced radiation biologist Michael H.
Fox replaces the misconceptions about nuclear power with real
science, and argues that it may be the best source of energy both
for large-scale use and slowing the effects of global warming. Fox
relies on thirty-five years of experience studying the biological
effects of radiation to explore the issues surrounding nuclear
power, addressing which of the public's concerns on the issue are
valid, and which are unsupported by science. He shows that nuclear
power has crucial strategic importance in reducing the large
amounts of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by burning
fossil fuels. This is the first book to lay out clearly what we
know about the biological effects of radiation, and what science we
use to know it. Why We Need Nuclear Power is a critical resource
for anyone looking to understand the facts of the nuclear power
issue, and what role nuclear power could play in reducing the
environmental impact of the world's energy consumption.
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