Critical Reflections on Nuclear and Renewable Energy

Critical Reflections on Nuclear and Renewable Energy

Environmental Protection and Safety in the Wake of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Kuo, Way

John Wiley & Sons Inc

05/2014

208

Dura

Inglês

9781118773420

15 a 20 dias

438

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Foreword 1 ix

by Arden Bement

Foreword 2 xiii

by Xu Kuangdi

Preface xvii

Introduction xxi

Part I The World after March 11, 2011 - Ripple Effect of the Fukushima Accident

1 Reliability and Nuclear Power 3

2 Some Flowers Fall, and Again Th ey Bloom 15

3 Different Responses Across the Waters 21

4 Aging and Reliability 27

5 Transparent Management Guarantees Nuclear Safety 31

6 The Need for Quality Control 39

7 Don't Let Gossip Affect the Safe Operation of Nuclear Power 45

Part II Environmental Protection, Occupational Safety and Innovation - A Spectrum of Energies

8 A Spectrum of Energy Sources 59

9 Facts about Background Radiation 67

10 Human Negligence of Occupational Safety Leads to Numerous Accidents 73

11 When Will Environmental Pollution End? 81

12 Non-nuclear Calamities Are Also Horrible 93

13 Where Can We Find Safe Energy Sources? 99

14 Pick up Our Share of the Energy Cost 111

15 In Search of Innovation in Formulating Energy Policy 121

16 Practice Makes Great 129

Appendix I 135

Appendix II 149

Postscript 157

Additional Reading Materials 169

Afterword 171

Index 173
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