{"id":4005,"date":"2011-03-21T08:52:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T12:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2011-03-21T08:52:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T12:52:32","slug":"nuclear-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/nuclear-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>March 21, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuclear Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>In the News: <\/em>The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11<sup>th<\/sup> triggered a tsunami that swept over the country\u2019s Pacific coast line. The death toll will likely exceed 10,000. Three nuclear reactors suffered partial meltdowns while another saw the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere. These devastating events have brought the debate over the pros and cons of nuclear energy to the forefront.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"456\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001114646\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4006\" title=\"Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective\" src=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/walker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001294798\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4007 aligncenter\" title=\"Nuclear Power is Not the Answer\" src=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/caldicott.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001211113\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4008 aligncenter\" title=\"A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy\" src=\"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/domenici.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><em>20 Years After the Chernobyl Accident: Past, Present and Future<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited\u00a0 by Elena B. Burlakova and Valeria I. Naidich. Nova Science Publishers, 2006<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001312334\">QH652 .A12 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>At the Nuclear Precipice: Catastrophe or Transformation?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Richard Falk and David Krieger. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001682769\">JZ5675 .A89 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Atomic Culture: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Scott C. Zeman and Michael A. Amundson. University Press of Colorado, 2004<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001206384\">E169.12 .Z46 2004<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Atoms for Peace: A Future after Fifty Years?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Joseph F. Pilat. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001339732\">HD9698 .A2 A837 2007<\/a><!--more--><strong><em>The Battle for Chernobyl<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>(DVD)<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Directed by Thomas Johnson. First Run\/Icarus Films, 2006<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001318936\">TK1362 .U38 B38 2006<\/a> (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Pete V. Domenici with Blythe J. Lyons and Julian J. Steyn. Rowman &amp; Littlefied, 2004<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001211113\">TK9146 .D66 2004<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chernobyl: Catastrophe and Consequences<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Jim T. Smith and Nicholas A. Beresford. Springer, 2005<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001248184\">TD196 .R3 S64 2005<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Children of Chernobyl<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em> (VHS)<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Directed by Clive Gordon. Filmakers Library, 1992<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000756491\">TK1362 .U38 C45 1992<\/a> (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Demanding Democracy After Three Mile Island<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Raymond L. Goldsteen and John K. Schorr. University of Florida Press, 1991<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000430297\">HN80 .G65 G65 1991<\/a> (Also available online via <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000798153\">NetLibrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Robert Peter Gale and Thomas Hauser. Warner Books, 1988<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000832483\">TK1362 .S65 G35 1988<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fire in the Rain: The Democratic Consequences of Chernobyl<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Peter Gould. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000397291\">TD196 .R3 G68 1990<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Future of Nuclear Power<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By J. N. Lillington. Elsevier, 2004<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001220799\">TK1078 .L55 2004<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Greenpeace Book of the Nuclear Age: The Hidden History, the Human Cost<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By John May. Pantheon Books, 1989<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000364270\">TK9153 .M319 1989<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of \u201cEnergy Independence\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Robert Bryce. PublicAffairs, 2008<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001702829\">TJ163.25 .U6 B79 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Introduction to Nuclear Science<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Jeff C. Bryan. CRC Press, 2009<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001567888\">QC777 .B76 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Iran and Post-9\/11 World Order: Reflections on Iranian Nuclear Programme<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Anwar Alam. New Century Publications, 2009<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001747066\">JZ5675 .I73 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Journey to Chernobyl: Encounters in a Radioactive Zone<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Glenn Alan Cheney. Academy Chicago Publishers, 1995<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000717705\">HV623 1986 .U38 C44 1995<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Legacy of Chernobyl<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Zhores A. Medvedev. W. W. Norton, 1990<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000380498\">TD196 .R3 M418 1990<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Energy in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century: The World Nuclear University Primer<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Ian Hore-Lacy. Elsevier, 2006<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001294797\">TK9145 .H667 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Nuclear Energy Option: An Alternative for the 90s \/ Manuscript Copy<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Bernard L. Cohen. Plenum press, 1990<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000400746\">HD9698 .U52 C592 1990<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Engineering Handbook<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Kenneth D. Kok. CRC Press, 2009<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001859535\">TK9151 .N834 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Power<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By David E. Newton. Facts on File, 2006<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001256273\">TK9146 .N453 2006<\/a> (Also available online via <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001330655\">NetLibrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Power<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By J. Wood. Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2007<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001538155\">TK9202 .W66 2007<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Power is Not the Answer<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Helen Caldicott. New Press, 2006<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001294798\">HD9698 .U52 C33 2006<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nuclear Renaissance: Technologies and Policies for the Future of Nuclear Power<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By W. J. Nuttall. IOP, 2005<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001225370\">QC792 .N88 2005<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Political Electricity: What Future for Nuclear Energy?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Terence Price. Oxford University Press, 1990<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000400504\">HD9698 .A2 P675 1990<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Predicting Nuclear and Other Technological Disasters<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Christopher Lampton. F. Watts, 1989<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000364367\">T174.5 .L35 1989<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Speak No Evil: The Promotional Heritage of Nuclear Risk Communication<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Louis Gwin. Praeger, 1990<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000400566\">HD9698 .U52 G85 1990<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America\u2019s Energy Odyssey<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By William Tucker. Bartleby Press, 2008<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001800861\">TK9023 .T85 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By J. Samuel Walker.\u00a0 University of California Press, 2004<br \/>\nCall Number: Available online via <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001114646\">NetLibrary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Three Mile Island Crisis: Psychological, Social, and Economic Impacts on the Surrounding Population<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Peter S. Houts et al. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1988<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA000629711\">HD9698 .U53 P45 1988<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TMI 25 Years Later: The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Its Impact<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Bonnie A. Osif et al. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004<br \/>\nCall Number: Available online via <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001556716\">NetLibrary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Voices from Chernobyl<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Svetlana Alexievich. Dalkey Archive Press, 2005<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001205794\">TD186.5 .B35 A4413 2005<\/a> (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by C. B. Connor et al. Cambridge University Press, 2009<br \/>\nCall Number : <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001801758\">TK9001 .V65 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Mary Mycio. Joseph Henry Press, 2005<br \/>\nCall Number: <a href=\"http:\/\/fau.catalog.fcla.edu\/permalink.jsp?28FA001218151\">QH543.5 .M93 2005<\/a> (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 21, 2011 Nuclear Energy In the News: The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11th triggered a tsunami that swept over the country\u2019s Pacific coast line. The death toll will likely exceed 10,000. Three nuclear reactors suffered partial meltdowns while another saw the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere. 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