Power Production : What Are the Risks?

Fremlin, J. H.

ISBN 10: 0852741332 / ISBN 13: 9780852741337

Verlag: Adam Hilger, 1989

Beschreibung

illustrated 347 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003912

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Power Production : What Are the Risks?
• Verlag: Adam Hilger
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0852741332
• ISBN-13: 9780852741337
• Einband: Soft cover
• Auflage: 2nd Edition
• Zustand: Near Fine

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Inhaltsangabe

The debate about nuclear power and the risks involved continues to rage but of course all forms of power production have their own particular and sometimes considerable risks. Power Production: What Are the Risks? includes completely new chapters to take into account the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the disaster at Piper Alpha, and the much debated problems of acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The book evaluates the risks involved in using coal and oil-fired generation of nuclear and hydro power. The author contends that in our modern industrial society the risks of power production are less than the consequences of having insufficient supplies of power. He uses technical data from many fields of research to estimate the risks to the public from both renewable and nonrenewable sources.

Críticas

"The book is written in an attractively informal style. It makes interesting and informative reading for the non specialist with some scientific background and an open and enquiring mind." S E Hunt, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Aston "For those wanting to assess the debates from an energy company perspective this book is a useful contribution." Science and Public Policy ok is written in an attractively informal style. It makes interesting and informative reading for the non specialist with some scientific background and an open and enquiring mind." S E Hunt, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Aston "For those wanting to assess the debates from an energy company perspective this book is a useful contribution." Science and Public Policy