Название: Nuclear Choices for the Twenty-First Century: A Citizen's GuideАвтор: Richard Wolfson, Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress
Издательство: The MIT Press
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 100 Мб
Язык: английский / English
An authoritative and unbiased guide to nuclear technology and the controversies that surround it. Are you for nuclear power or against it? What's the basis of your opinion? Did you know a CT scan gives you some 2 millisieverts of radiation? Do you know how much a millisievert is? Does irradiation make foods safer or less safe? What is the point of a bilateral Russia-US nuclear weapons treaty in a multipolar world? These are nuclear questions that call for nuclear choices, and this book equips citizens to make these choices informed ones. It explains, clearly and accessibly, the basics of nuclear technology and describes the controversies surrounding its use.