Megawatts and megatons : the future of nuclear power and nuclear weapons /

Charpak, Georges.

Megawatts and megatons : the future of nuclear power and nuclear weapons / Richard L. Garwin & Georges Charpak. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002. - xvii, 412 p. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Authors' names on t.p. of translation reversed from original.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

All energy stems from the same source -- The nulcear chain reaction -- Nuclear weapons -- Natural radiation and living things -- The civilian use of nuclear energy -- A glimpse of the future of nuclear power -- Safety, nuclear accidents, and industrial hazards -- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- Comparing hazards of nuclear power and other energy --Making best use of scientists -- From arms race ot arms control -- Current nuclear threats to security -- Can we rid the world of nuclear weapons? -- A turning point in the nuclear age?

0226284271 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226284279 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Nuclear energy.
Nuclear industry.
Nuclear arms control.

QC792 / .C4713 2002