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Atoms and ashes : a global history of nuclear disasters / by Plokhy, Serhii,1957-author.(CARDINAL)352836;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-330) and index.White ashes : Bikini Atoll -- Northern lights : Kyshtym -- A very English fire : Windscale -- Atoms for peace : Three Mile Island -- The star of apocalypse : Chernobyl -- Nuclear Tsunami : Fukushima."A chilling account of seventy years of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the "definitive" (Economist) Cold War history, Nuclear Folly. Nuclear energy was embraced across the globe at the height of the nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s; today, there are 440 nuclear reactors operating throughout the world, with nuclear power providing 10 percent of world electricity. Yet as the world seeks to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change, the question arises: Just how safe is nuclear energy? Atoms and Ashes recounts the dramatic history of nuclear accidents that have dogged the industry in its military and civil incarnations since the 1950s. Through the stories of six terrifying major incidents-Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima-Cold War expert Serhii Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power, both for military and peaceful purposes, while offering a vivid account of how individuals and governments make decisions under extraordinary circumstances. Atoms and Ashes provides a crucial perspective on the most dangerous nuclear disasters of the past, in order to safeguard our future."--
Subjects: Nuclear accidents; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear engineering;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 18
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Nuclear power / by Oxlade, Chris.(CARDINAL)343232;
What is nuclear power? -- The history of nuclear power -- Who uses nuclear power? -- Nuclear fuels -- Nuclear power plants -- Nuclear reactors -- Nuclear power for transportation -- Nuclear waste -- Building and decommissioning -- Nuclear safety -- The chernobyl disaster -- Terror threats -- Rogue states -- Antinuclear protests -- Plans for nuclear power -- Nuclear fusion -- The nuclear future.
Subjects: Nuclear energy; Nuclear facilities; Nuclear engineering;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science / by Mahaffey, James A.,author.(CARDINAL)524078;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index.Author's note: stories told at night around the glow of the reactor -- Introduction: The curious case of the n-rays, a dead end for all times -- Cry for me, Argentina -- AFP-67 in the Dawson Forest -- Inside cold fusion -- Good news and bad news -- The lost expedition to Mars -- The chic-4 revolution -- Japan's atomic bomb project -- The criminal use of nuclear disintegration -- The threat of the dirty bomb -- A bridge to the stars -- Conclusions.With enthusiasm and witty intelligence, Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far-flung islands and finds trees that were exposed to active fission--which then changed gender or bloomed in the dead of winter. He explains why we have nuclear submarines but not nuclear aircraft and why cold fusion does not--and cannot--exist. And who knew that radiation-counting was once a fashionable trend? Though parts of our nuclear history might seem like fiction--such as when cowboys got their hands on a reactor--Mahaffey's vivid prose holds the reader in thrall of the infectious energy of scientific curiosity and ingenuity that may hold the key to solving our energy crisis--or even send us to Mars. --
Subjects: Nuclear energy; Nuclear facilities; Nuclear engineering;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Applied radiation protection and control / by Fitzgerald, J. J.(Joseph James),1919-(CARDINAL)175247;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects: Nuclear engineering; Radiation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Nuclear power / by Sherman, Josepha.(CARDINAL)757429;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Chain reaction -- Splitting atoms -- Nuclear history -- Creating electricity -- Benefits and drawbacks -- Is fusion the future?Introduces the history, uses, production, advantages and disadvantages, and future of nuclear energy as a power resource.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Nuclear energy; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear power plants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Graduate study in nuclear engineering at North Carolina State University / by North Carolina State University.Department of Nuclear Engineering.(CARDINAL)143492;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: North Carolina State University. Department of Nuclear Engineering.; Nuclear engineering;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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A prospectus on the Nuclear Engineering Department of North Carolina State University. by North Carolina State University.Department of Nuclear Engineering.(CARDINAL)143492;
Subjects: North Carolina State University. Department of Nuclear Engineering.; Nuclear engineering;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Blue sky [videorecording] by Boothe, Powers,1948-2017actor.(CARDINAL)847868; Jones, Tommy Lee,1946-actor.(CARDINAL)348246; Lange, Jessica,actor.(CARDINAL)753073; Leichtling, Jerry,screenwriter.; Nitzsche, Jack,composer (expression); Richardson, Tony,1928-1991,film director.(CARDINAL)844853; Sarner, Arlene,screenwriter.; Snodgress, Carrie,actor.; Solo, Robert H.,film producer.; Stagner, Rama Laurie,screenwriter.; Heathrow Productions,production company.; Olive Films,publisher.(CARDINAL)355315; Orion Pictures,production company.(CARDINAL)836261;
Music, Jack Nitzsche ; editor, Robert K. Lambert ; director of photography, Steve Yaconelli.Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane, Chris O'Donnell, Mitchell Ryan.Uprooting his family after being assigned to a remote testing facility in Alabama, nuclear engineer Hank Marshall is faced with a moral decision as an opponent of the atmospheric tests he's asked to complete. Adding to an already volatile situation is Hank's sultry and unstable wife, Carly, whose flirtatious nature begins to erode their relationship and bring unwanted attention to the situation.Rating: PG-13.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1); stereo.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Romance films.; DVDs.; Nuclear engineers; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear weapons;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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One boy's life from Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : 1929-2007 & still learning : autobiography / by O'Neal, Earl W.,Jr.(Earl William),1929-(CARDINAL)268736;
Subjects: Biographies.; O'Neal, Earl W., Jr. (Earl William), 1929-; Nuclear engineers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Atomic women : the untold stories of the scientists who helped create the nuclear bomb / by Montillo, Roseanne,author.(CARDINAL)351930;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index.A European beginning -- All that glitters -- A shy and quiet girl -- A life in learning -- Power couple -- In exile -- A secret project -- Bomb making in America -- Of a kind -- The general and the atheist -- American life -- Recruiting -- Leona -- Coworkers -- The reactor -- Diz -- The professor and the apprentice -- Chicago pile 1 -- The Los Alamos visit -- Coming to America -- Trinity -- The end and the beginning.Meet the World War II female scientists who worked in the secret sites of the Manhattan Project. Recruited not only from American labs and universities but also from countries abroad, these scientists assisted in the development of the atomic bomb, taking starring roles in the Manhattan Project. In fact, their involvement was critical to its success, though many of them were not fully aware of the moral implications of such an invention.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Nuclear engineers; Nuclear physics; Nuclear weapons; Women physicists;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 15
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