The Challenges to Nuclear Power in the Twenty-First Century
Contributors: Behram N. Kursunogammalu (Editor); Stephan L. Mintz (Editor); Arnold Perlmutter (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780306464911
Subjects: Energy Technology & Engineering; Nuclear power industries; Nuclear Power Stations; Radiological Safety; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Nuclear; Nuclear Energy; Public Policy - General; Energy policy; Political Science : Public Policy - General; Technology / Nuclear Energy; Technology / Power Resources; Technology : Engineering - Nuclear; Congresses; Environmental aspects; Nuclear power plants; Risk assessment; Safety measures
First sentence: The 1970s began with continuing global challenges, the worsening of the cold war between the USSR and the West, the energy crisis that began with the embargo imposed by the petroleum exporting countries in 1973, ever increasing world population, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the increasing gap between the rich and poor, global environmental degradation and more.