Title:
Energy from atoms : nuclear power
Author:
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
New York : PowerKids Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9781477702727
9781477702833
Abstract:
Discussion of both the positive benefits and negative aspects of nuclear power are presented as the topic becomes ever more relevant in our daily lives. Readers are introduced to the developments of today and the possibilities of tomorrow.
Contents:
Powering our world with nuclear energy -- Electricity, fossil fuels, and climate change -- Splitting atoms -- Understanding radiation -- Uranium-- fuel for nuclear power -- A nuclear reactor -- More reactor facts -- Nuclear waste -- A brief history of nuclear energy -- The Chernobyl nuclear disaster -- The Fukushima nuclear disaster -- Nuclear power-- the arguments -- A nuclear-powered future?
Subject Term:
Language:
English
