The Reporter's Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy, and Waste Management - Softcover

Greenberg, Michael R.; West, Bernadette M.; Lowrie, Karen W.; Mayer, Henry J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826516602 ISBN 13: 9780826516602

Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press, 2009

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Book by Greenberg Michael R West Bernadette M Lowrie Karen

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The book is packed with information directed at reporters, but it is good for any health physicist who communicates with the public on radiation issues. --Health Physics Researchers, journalists, and many students will appreciate the accessibility and interesting information available in this outstanding resource. Highly recommended. --Choice

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An essential reference for journalists, activists, and students, this book presents scientifically accurate and accessible overviews of twenty-four of the most important issues in the nuclear realm, including: health effects, nuclear safety and engineering, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, nuclear medicine, food irradiation, transport of nuclear materials, spent fuel, nuclear weapons, and global warming. Each 'brief' is based on interviews with named scientists, engineers, or administrators in a nuclear specialty, and each has been reviewed by a team of independent experts. The objective is not to make a case for or against nuclear-related technologies, but rather to provide definitive background information. (The approach is based on that of ""The Reporter's Environmental Handbook"", published in 1988, which won a special award for journalism from the Sigma Delta Chi Society of professional journalists.) Other features of the book include: a glossary of hundreds of terms; an introduction to risk assessment; environmental and economic impacts, and public perceptions; an article by an experienced reporter with recommendations about how to cover nuclear issues; quick guides to the history of nuclear power in the United States, important federal legislation and regulations, nuclear position statements, and key organizations; and, references for print and electronic resources.

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• Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0826516602
• ISBN 13: 9780826516602
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304