What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENK) | Politics
Nuclear Energy
ISBN: 9780199759460
Series: What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENK)
Nuclear Energy (Politics)
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9780199759460 (10-digit ISBN: 0199759464)
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- Easy to navigate, accessible Q&A format is ideal for an introduction to the subject of nuclear energy.
- In a clear, engaging style, the book provides a comprehensive survey of this controversial topic.
- Readily accessible and suitable to readers with various levels of background knowledge on the topic.
- Includes updated information on the nuclear crisis in Japan.
Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Recent years have seen a marked change, however.
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's negative image. Recent years have seen a marked change, however.
- Easy to navigate, accessible Q&A format is ideal for an introduction to the subject of nuclear energy.
- In a clear, engaging style, the book provides a comprehensive survey of this controversial topic.
- Readily accessible and suitable to readers with various levels of background knowledge on the topic.
- Includes updated information on the nuclear crisis in Japan.
Series Description
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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