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Author Cravens, Gwyneth.

Title Power to save the world : the truth about nuclear energy / Gwyneth Cravens.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.7924 CRAVENS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.7924 C85    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  333.7924 CRA    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  333.7924 CRAVENS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  333.7924 CR    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-394) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Origins. Survival -- Always look at the whole -- Ambrosia Lake -- pt. 2. The invisible storm. Mother Nature and Fencepost Man -- Undark -- Into the strange city -- pt. 3. The hidden world. Risk and consequence -- Going to extremes -- Tiny beads -- pt. 4. The kingdom of electricity. Man's smudge -- From arrowheads to atoms -- Barriers -- Unobtainium -- pt. 5. Closing the circle. Ten thousand years -- The huge factory -- 32N164W -- Those who say it can't be done -- The gigantic crystal -- pt. 6. Borrowing from our children. The iron chamber -- "Water them anyway" -- The power within.
Subject Nuclear engineering -- United States.
Nuclear power plants -- United States.
ISBN 9780307266569
0307266567
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