Power production : what are the risks?

著者

    • Fremlin, J. H.

書誌事項

Power production : what are the risks?

J.H. Fremlin

A. Hilger, 1989

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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注記

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780852741320

内容説明

In this book the author has attempted to provide a factual explanation and discussion of the actual risks arising from each of the most important present and prospective sources of energy. This updated second edition looks at recent information on subjects such as the disposal of nuclear wastes.

目次

  • Part 1 Introduction to risks: the risks of modern life in Britain
  • risks of cancer and mutation - the background
  • radiation and cancer. Part 2 Power production, conservation and needs: energy supplies - "renewable" resources
  • energy supplies - coal, oil, gas and nuclear
  • conservation of energy. Part 3 Quantitative discussion of risk: accidental risks to the public due to energy production other than nuclear
  • risks of nuclear accidents
  • the numbers killed in routine power production
  • wastes from the nuclear power industry
  • wastes from other power sources. Part 4 Environmental effects, the opposition of nuclear power, conclusion: terrrorism and proliferation
  • the environmental effects of power production
  • the oppposition to large-scale power production. Appendices: a mechanism of cancer initiation
  • some properties of radioactive nuclides
  • the nuclear physics of reactors.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780852741337

内容説明

The debate about nuclear power and the risks involved continues to rage but of course all forms of power production have their own particular and sometimes considerable risks. Power Production: What Are the Risks? includes completely new chapters to take into account the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the disaster at Piper Alpha, and the much debated problems of acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The book evaluates the risks involved in using coal and oil-fired generation of nuclear and hydro power. The author contends that in our modern industrial society the risks of power production are less than the consequences of having insufficient supplies of power. He uses technical data from many fields of research to estimate the risks to the public from both renewable and nonrenewable sources.

目次

Introduction to risks. Power production, power conservation, and power needs. Quantitative discussion of risks. Environmental effects, the opposition to nuclear power. Appendix. Index.

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