Publisher:
Oxford University Press: 2011
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commerci al use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States vi rtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only rei nforced nuclear power's negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japa n...
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