Kiowa County Public Library District

Readers will delight in learning more about nuclear energy when they read about nuclear power plants, nuclear fusion, and nuclear fission. They will learn what nuclear energy is exactly, how safe it is, and how it is used to make electricity to power our world. A timeline covers the events in history related to nuclear energy, and color photos complement the easy-to-read text.

When asked to name the world’s first major nuclear accident, most people cite the Three Mile Island incident or the Chernobyl disaster. Revealed in this book is one of American history’s best-kept secrets: the world’s first nuclear reactor accident to claim fatalities happened on United States soil. Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, a military test reactor located in Idaho’s Lost River Desert that exploded on...

An introduction to nuclear power. Includes illustrations, photographs, and a glossary.

Discusses the scientific and technological background and the advantages and disadvantages of the powerful and controversial form of energy released through the splitting of the atom.

Presents information on the properties of atoms and on nuclear power and energy.

Articles which originally appeared, in slightly different form, in the "New Yorker", about individuals whose lives have been dramatically affected by the atomic age.

Five eminent environmentalists and energy experts describe their conversion from an anti- to a pro-nuclear point of view.

Provides an opportunity to explore the background, pros and cons, and future of our planet's energy resources with nuclear power.