Overview
Energy and the Environment is a six-volume set that examines the history, technology, science, and environmental and social implications (including issues of environmental justice) associated with the acquisition and production of energy. Designed to complement science curricula, each volume describes comprehensively one or more sources of energy and the technology needed to make it useful. The books emphasize the science on which such technology is based, the limitations of each technology, the environmental effects of its use, questions of availability and cost, and the way that government policies and energy markets interact.
Nuclear Energy is an objective discussion of commercial nuclear power, a hotly debated issue of worldwide significance for many decades and one of the most controversial power-generation technologies. The book covers not only the physics and technology of energy production, reactor design, and nuclear safety but also the relationship between commercial nuclear power and nuclear proliferation and the United States' attempts to resolve the problem of nuclear waste disposal. The book also features an exclusive interview with Harold Denton, the former director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, on the commercial nuclear industry.
The volume includes information on
the business of electricity production
nuclear energy and national policy
nuclear reactor designs
the physics of nuclear fission
a prehistory of nuclear power
reactor fuel
reactor safety
spent fuel
The book contains more than 40 color photographs and four-color line illustrations, sidebars, the Periodic Table of the Elements, achronology, a list of acronyms, a glossary, a detailed list of print and Internet resources, and an index. Energy and the Environment is essential for high school students, teachers, and general readers who wish to learn about the effects on society of large-scale energy production and consumption.
Energy and The Environment Set
Biofuels
Coal and Oil
Natural Gas and Hydrogen
Nuclear Energy
Solar and Geothermal Energy
Wind and Water
Synopsis
Energy and the Environment is a six-volume set that examines the history, technology, science, and environmental and social implications (including issues of environmental justice) associated with the acquisition and production of energy. Designed to complement science curricula, each volume describes comprehensively one or more sources of energy and the technology needed to make it useful. The books emphasize the science on which such technology is based, the limitations of each technology, the environmental effects of its use, questions of availability and cost, and the way that government policies and energy markets interact.
Nuclear Energy is an objective discussion of commercial nuclear power, a hotly debated issue of worldwide significance for many decades and one of the most controversial power-generation technologies. The book covers not only the physics and technology of energy production, reactor design, and nuclear safety but also the relationship between commercial nuclear power and nuclear proliferation and the United States' attempts to resolve the problem of nuclear waste disposal. The book also features an exclusive interview with Harold Denton, the former director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, on the commercial nuclear industry.
The volume includes information on
the business of electricity production
nuclear energy and national policy
nuclear reactor designs
the physics of nuclear fission
a prehistory of nuclear power
reactor fuel
reactor safety
spent fuel
The book contains more than 40 color photographs and four-color line illustrations, sidebars, the Periodic Table of the Elements, achronology, a list of acronyms, a glossary, a detailed list of print and Internet resources, and an index. Energy and the Environment is essential for high school students, teachers, and general readers who wish to learn about the effects on society of large-scale energy production and consumption.
Energy and The Environment Set
Biofuels
Coal and Oil
Natural Gas and Hydrogen
Nuclear Energy
Solar and Geothermal Energy
Wind and Water