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BL
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976273
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b730643
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The reporter's handbook on nuclear materials, energy, and waste management /\ Michael R. Greenberg [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Nashville :: Vanderbilt University Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0826516610
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: 1282258753
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: 9780826516619
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: 9781282258754
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0826516599
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0826516602
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9780826516596
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9780826516602
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- About CRESP -- Part I: Getting Started -- How to Use the Handbook -- Why Now? Why This Discussion? -- Crosscutting Themes -- Covering Nukes: Play Hard, but Play Fair -- Part II: Briefs -- Section 1: Radionuclides and Human Health Effects -- Section 2: Nuclear Energy and Other Civilian Uses -- Sustainability: Will There Be Enough Uranium and Nuclear Fuel and at What Cost? -- Closing the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Spent Nuclear Fuel: The Opportunity and the Challenge -- Nuclear Power Plant Safety Systems -- Three Mile Island and Chernobyl: What Happened and Lessons Learned -- Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities -- Transportation of Nuclear Waste -- The Economics of Nuclear Power -- Civilian Uses of Radiation and Radioactive Material (Other than Commercial Nuclear Power) -- Section 3: Nuclear Waste Management -- Nuclear Waste Policy in the United States: Classification, Management, and Disposition -- Monitoring and Surveillance of Nuclear Waste Sites -- Impact of Radionuclides and Nuclear Waste on Nonhumans and Ecosystems -- Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance at Closed Nuclear Waste Sites -- Section 4: Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, and Nonproliferation -- Managing the Nuclear Weapons Legacy -- Dirty Bombs (Radiological Dispersal Devices) -- Nuclear Nonproliferation -- Protecting Nuclear Power Plants against Terrorism -- International Agencies and Policy -- Section 5: Risk Perception and Risk Communication -- Global Warming and Fuel Sources -- Public Perceptions of Risk and Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Nuclear Waste -- Risk Communication about Nuclear Materials -- Part III: Additional Resources -- History of Nuclear Power in the United States and Worldwide -- Important Federal Legislation and Regulations -- American Nuclear Society Position Statements.
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Background on Key Organizations Related to U.S. Nuclear Programs -- Key Sources -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index.
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| Abstract
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A definitive, non-partisan guide to the hotly-contested issues of the nuclear era.
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Nuclear energy-- Press coverage.
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Nuclear facilities-- Environmental aspects-- Press coverage.
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Nuclear industry-- Press coverage.
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Radioactive waste disposal-- Press coverage.
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Science journalism.
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Spent reactor fuels-- Press coverage.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Safety.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES / Journalism
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Nuclear energy-- Press coverage.
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Nuclear industry-- Press coverage.
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Science journalism.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.17/99
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| LC Classification
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TK9145.R42 2009eb
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| Added Entry
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Greenberg, Michael R.
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