Superfuel, thorium, the green energy source for the future, Richard Martin
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Label
Superfuel, thorium, the green energy source for the future, Richard Martin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Superfuel
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
745979637
Responsibility statement
Richard Martin
Sub title
thorium, the green energy source for the future
Summary
"In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic weapons, won out over its more pacific sister element, relegating thorium to the dustbin of science. Now, as we grapple with the perils of nuclear energy and rogue atomic weapons and mankind confronts the specter of global climate change, thorium is reemerging as the overlooked energy source that can wean us off our fossil-fuel addiction and avert the risk of nuclear meltdown"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
1. The Lost Book of Thorium Power -- 2. The Thunder Element -- 3. The Only Safe Reactor -- 4. Rickover and Weinberg -- 5. The Birth of Nuclear Power -- 6. The End of Nuclear Power -- 7. The Asian Nuclear Power Race -- 8. Nuclear's Next Generation -- 9. The Business Crusade -- 10. What We Must Do
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Super fuel
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- Kärnbränsle
- Nuclear fuels -- United States -- History
- SCIENCE + Energy
- Combustibles nucleares -- Estados Unidos -- Diseño y construcción -- Historia
- Kärnbränsle + historia -- Förenta staterna
- Nuclear reactors -- United States -- Design and construction -- History
- Thorium
- Nuclear fuels
- Kärnreaktorer + design och konstruktion -- Förenta staterna
- Torio
- Nuclear reactors + Design and construction
- Kärnreaktorer + design och konstruktion
- Kärnenergi
- Thorium + Separation
- Combustibles nucleares
- Reactores nucleares + Diseño y construcción
- SCIENCE + History
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- Kärnbränsle
- Nuclear fuels -- United States -- History
- SCIENCE + Energy
- Combustibles nucleares -- Estados Unidos -- Diseño y construcción -- Historia
- Kärnbränsle + historia -- Förenta staterna
- Nuclear reactors -- United States -- Design and construction -- History
- Thorium
- Nuclear fuels
- Kärnreaktorer + design och konstruktion -- Förenta staterna
- Torio
- Nuclear reactors + Design and construction
- Kärnreaktorer + design och konstruktion
- Kärnenergi
- Thorium + Separation
- Combustibles nucleares
- Reactores nucleares + Diseño y construcción
- SCIENCE + History
- Content1
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