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| Author/Editor | Beckjord, Eric S. |
| Title | The Future of Nuclear Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study |
| Date | 2003 |
| Media Type | Book |
| ISBN | 0-615-12420-8 |
| Publisher | MIT Press |
| City | Cambridge, MA |
| Online Availability | freely available |
| URL | http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/ |
| Annotation | This book is the result of an interdisciplinary study of the prospects for nuclear power conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003. It identifies the issues associated with the use of nuclear power and what might be done to resolve them. The major challenges to the nuclear power option are cost, safety, waste, and proliferation. Individual chapters address economics, fuel cycles, safety, waste management, nonproliferation, public attitudes and understanding; they provide specific recommendations for each area. Appendices provide more detailed information to complement specific chapters. The intended audience includes leaders in government, education, and industry who have an interest in managing the technical, economic, environmental and political issues associated with the expanded use of nuclear power. |
| Author/Editor | Bodansky, David |
| Title | Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and Prospects |
| Date | 2004 |
| Media Type | Book |
| ISBN | 0-387-20778-3 |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| City | New York, NY |
| Annotation | This textbook, an introduction to nuclear power, examines a wide range of topics. Those include the history of nuclear power, nuclear power as a substitute for fossil fuels, radioactivity and effects of radiation exposure, types of reactors, the fuel cycle, nuclear waste, the Yucca Mountain repository, reactor safety, future reactors, proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the prospects for nuclear energy. Originally meant for people with at least a year of college physics, the second edition was revised for a more general audience and provides an introduction to nuclear physics in the appendix for readers without a technical background. The book also contains a good glossary of terms associated with nuclear enenrgy. Its author is a physics professor. |
| Author/Editor | Garwin, Richard L. / Charpak, Georges |
| Title | Megawatts and Megatons: A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age? |
| Date | 2001 |
| Media Type | Book |
| ISBN | 0-375-40394-9 |
| Publisher | Alfred Knopf |
| City | New York, NY |
| Annotation | This readable text integrates the physical science and the political science required to address current issues in both nuclear power and nuclear weapons. It contains information relevant to current debates on arms control, reactors for civilian power, and current nuclear policy on ballistic missile defense. Quantitative data is used to support the authors' positions on important nuclear issues; they argue in favor of arms control and nuclear power. The background of the two authors allows them to present a credible world view on nuclear matters: both are leading experts. Richard Garwin received the 1996 Enrico Fermi Award and Georges Charpak received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics. Numerous diagrams and cartoons are used to explain important concepts. |
| Creator | Gonyeau, Joseph |
| Title | Virtual Nuclear Tourist |
| URL | http://www.virtualnucleartourist.com/ |
| Date | August 2006 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | Designed to educate the public, this comprehensive website about nuclear power plants around the world contains links to more than 300 pages of pertinent information. Accompanied with photographs and graphics, the site offers visitors a wealth of information on different types of nuclear plants, as well as how the plants are operated, maintained, and regulated. Included are links to the United States Regulatory Commission and the Energy Information Administration, which provide reports, articles, and publications about nuclear issues. There is a list of links for current topics, including terrorism, and current news about nuclear power plants in general. It should be noted that this website is privately maintained by Joseph Gonyeau and is not affiliated with any organization. |
| Author/Editor | Hore-Lacy, Ian |
| Title | Nuclear Electricity, Seventh Edition |
| Date | 2003 |
| Media Type | Book |
| ISBN | 0-9593829-8-4 |
| Publisher | Uranium Information Centre Ltd. |
| City | Melbourne, Australia |
| Online Availability | freely available |
| URL | http://www.uic.com.au/ne.htm |
| Annotation | This book, the 7th edition of Nuclear Electricity, provides useful information for the debate about increasing use of nuclear power to produce electricity. It addresses the advantages and liabilities of nuclear power and compares them with those associated with other sources of energy. Individual chapters focuses on energy use; current electricity supplies and demands; basics of nuclear power generation; the components of the nuclear fuel cycle; issues associated with the environment, health, and safety; nuclear weapons proliferation; and uranium supplies in Australia and Canada. The book contains useful diagrams and tables. It should be useful to educators, students and the general public. A later edition, Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century, published in 2006, is not available online. |
| Creator | Settle, Frank |
| Title | Nuclear Chemistry and the Community |
| URL | http://www.chemcases.com/nuclear/index.htm |
| Date | 2005 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | Part of the ChemCases website at Kennesaw State University funded by National Science Foundation, this unit covers the basic concepts of nuclear chemistry. It begins with Chadwick's discovery of the neutron and the rapid elucidation of the decay and fission of the heavy element atoms. From that science came the realization that the energy produced could be used for weapons—a thought that crystallized just as world war seemed imminent in 1939. Next, the unit describes the chemistry of the actinide elements and shows how isolation of uranium isotopes and the discovery and isolation of the synthetic element plutonium led to weapons in the hands of the Allies and ended World War II. It then presents the legacy of radiation: the fear of contamination, the problems in the generation of nuclear power, the widespread medical uses of radioisotopes, and the worldwide question, as yet unsolved, of what should be done with nuclear byproducts. |
| Author/Editor | Smith, Brice |
| Title | Insurmountable Risks: The Dangers of Using Nuclear Power to Combat Global Climate Change |
| Date | 2006 |
| Media Type | Book |
| ISBN | n/a |
| Publisher | Institute for Energy and Environmental Research |
| City | Takoma Park, MD |
| Online Availability | available with fee |
| URL | http://www.ieer.org/reports/insurmountablerisks/ |
| Annotation | This report presents a case against the use of nuclear power to reduce global warming. It addresses the following issues: the projected cost of nuclear power, the economics of nuclear power vs. alternative energy sources, energy options for near-term (2006-2020) and medium-term (2020-2050) periods, nuclear weapons proliferation concerns, safety considerations, and finally, problems with the transportation and storage of spent fuel. Numerous charts and tables as well as an extensive bibliography and endnotes make the report a valuable resource for general use. A 32 page executive summary is available from the Web publisher at no charge. The author, a physicist, is a senior fellow at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, an organization that seeks to provide information on current issues involving energy and the environment and that has a very strong stance against nuclear power. |
| Creator | U.S. Department of Energy |
| Title | Energy Information Administration: Nuclear |
| URL | http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelnuclear.html |
| Date | 2006 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | This website of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) provides information on U.S. domestic and international nuclear power production, nuclear fuel fabrication, and nuclear waste storage. Although its information on uranium milling and nuclear fuel markets is only about the U.S., it has materials on both U.S. and international nuclear reactors. It has detailed information about the energy production of individual reactors and overall nuclear energy production figures by country. There is also a limited amount of information available on radioactive waste and spent fuel. The website also contains sections providing analyses and forecasts on the state and future of the nuclear power industry. In addition, the website lists nuclear and uranium experts who are available for contact by phone or e-mail and links to other related websites. |
| Creator | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| Title | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| URL | http://www.nrc.gov/ |
| Date | 2007 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | Sponsored by the United States government, this website is an excellent source of links and information about commercial nuclear power reactors and civilian use of nuclear materials. It is the official website of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The site presents news releases; detailed information about nuclear reactors, nuclear materials and radioactive waste; regulatory information; and facts about the NRC. The NRC publishes several hundred documents every workday; the site explains how to find and access NRC publications. |
| Creator | Uranium Information Centre |
| Title | Uranium Information Centre |
| URL | http://www.uic.com.au/#edu |
| Date | 2007 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | The Uranium Information Centre in Melbourne, Australia offers this excellent website on a range of issues concerning nuclear energy. The site is funded by a group of Australian uranium mining companies. It contains resource papers on subjects such as the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management, all of which are visually enhanced with photographs, tables, and diagrams. There is also an eight-part history of uranium mining in Australia. A major section of the website, the Nuclear Issues Briefing Papers, contains recently updated essays on topics including global warming, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and transport of nuclear wastes. Another major component of the site is its opinion papers, written by experts in the field. Those papers assess the growing role of nuclear power for the future. |
| Creator | Walker, J. Samuel |
| Title | Short History of Nuclear Regulation, 1946-1999 |
| URL | http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/short-history.html |
| Date | 23 June 2003 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | This website recounts the history of the bureaucratic organizations, legislation, and people involved in forming nuclear regulatory policies of the United States from 1946 to 1999. The site documents the early role of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in regulating civilian nuclear energy programs, its eventual dissolution, and the later formation of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to replace its regulation of civilian nuclear power. The history covers the significant controversies that the regulatory agencies faced over the years concerning such issues as radiation and fallout safety, the accident at Three-Mile Island, the disaster at Chernobyl, and safety at the Millstone power station. Though not comprehensive in the perspectives it offers or the events it covers, the site’s chronicle would be useful to people desiring an overview of the past half-century of nuclear regulation. This webpage is part of the official site for the NRC. |
| Creator | Parker, Larry / Holt, Mark |
| Title | Nuclear Power: Outlook for New U.S. Reactors |
| URL | http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/82975.pdf |
| Date | March 2007 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | This 21 page web-based report prepared for members of the U.S. Congress addresses the current, as of 2007, and future environment for the nuclear power industry in the United States. Its major components focus on recent incentives for nuclear power generation contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and present an analysis of factors influencing new plant construction. |
| Creator | Public Broadcasting Service |
| Title | Frontline PBS: Nuclear Reaction: Why do Americans Fear Nuclear Power? |
| URL | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/ |
| Date | April 1997 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | This website accompanies an episode of the PBS program Frontline entitled Nuclear Reaction: Why do Americans Fear Nuclear Power? The website provides good supporting information as well as original content. It contains full-text transcriptions of numerous interviews conducted for the program with such notables as Ralph Nader, Glenn Seaborg, and Hazel O'Leary. The site maintains a collection of further readings on nuclear subjects, multimedia content explaining select nuclear concepts and technologies, a glossary of terms, and a section of frequently asked questions about nuclear energy. It also has a map collection of U.S. nuclear sites and comparative charts on the nuclear industry’s safety record. There is also a section of links to additional material on nuclear energy issues. |
| Creator | The Keystone Center |
| Title | Nuclear Power Joint Fact-Finding |
| URL | http://www.keystone.org/spp/documents/FinalReport_NJFF6_12_2007(1).pdf |
| Date | June 2007 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | This 102 page web-based report considers the broad spectrum of issues associated with the renewal of interest in nuclear power in the United States to address both increased energy demands and environmental concerns. The Keystone Center, an independent, nonprofit, public policy and educational organization, assembled a group of 27 individuals with experience and diverse perspectives on nuclear energy to work together in joint fact finding and to write the report. An executive summary indicates clearly where the participants did and did not agree, which makes the document more interesting and useful. The five chapters present analyses of climate change mitigation, economics, safety and security, waste and reprocessing, and proliferation risks. Appendices contain information on existing nuclear facilities worldwide, a life-cycle cost analysis model, and descriptions of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s reactor oversight process and enforcement program, the new (1989) U.S. licensing process, and the nuclear fuel cycle. The well written report containing extensive references provides an in-depth review of nuclear energy. |
| Creator | World Nuclear Association |
| Title | World Nuclear Association |
| URL | http://www.world-nuclear.org/ |
| Date | 2007 |
| Media Type | Website |
| Annotation | This website is the official website of the World Nuclear Association (WNA). That organization believes that nuclear power is the only viable option to fulfill the world’s energy needs, and its goal is to inform the public about the benefits of nuclear power. It states that members of the organization are responsible for about 90% of all nuclear power outside of the United States. The website provides links to numerous articles about nuclear power, official documents and treaties related to nuclear power, and publications by the WNA. |
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