Nuclear roulette the truth about the most dangerous energy source on earth /

Chronicles the problems of aging reactors, uncovers the costly challenge of decommissioning, explores the industry's greatest seismic risks - not on California's quake-prone coast but in the Midwest and Southeast - and explains how solar flares could black out power grids, causing the worl...

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Main Author: Smith, Gar (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., [2012]
Physical Description: xxx, 279 pages ; 23 cm.
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