Fallout: A Journey Through the Nuclear Age, from the Atom Bomb to Radioactive Waste
- ISBN-10
- 184627625X
- ISBN-13
- 9781846276255
- Series
- Fallout
- Category
- Nuclear accidents
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-06
- Author
- Fred Pearce
Description
Mankind has a seven-decade long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste. While concern about climate change has led some environmentalists to embrace renewable energy sources, others have expressed a renewed interest in nuclear power as an alternative source of carbon-neutral energy. But can humanity handle the risks involved? Pearce traveled the globe to uncover the environmental and psychological landscapes created since the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Should we be burdening future generations with radioactive waste that will be deadly for thousands of years? -- adapted from publisher info.
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