Nuclear Energy
- ISBN-10
- 0766082911
- ISBN-13
- 9780766082915
- Series
- Nuclear Energy
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-12-15
- Publisher
- Enslow Publishing, LLC
- Author
- Colin Grady
Description
Readers will delight in learning more about nuclear energy when they read about nuclear power plants, nuclear fusion, and nuclear fission. They will learn what nuclear energy is exactly, how safe it is, and how it is used to make electricity to power our world. A timeline covers the events in history related to nuclear energy, and color photos complement the easy-to-read text.
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Other editions
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- 2019-02-08
- 624 pages
- Ebook
- Butterworth-Heinemann
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- 2014-05-09
- 338 pages
- Paperback
- Elsevier
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