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Critical reflections on nuclear and renewable energy : environmental protection and safety in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident / Way Kuo, president of City University of Hong Kong

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons [2014], 2014

1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Kuo, Way, 1951- : Critical reflections on nuclear and renewable energy. - Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, 2014 (Druck-Ausgabe)

1-118-77374-8 (pdf); 1-118-77345-4 (epub); 1-118-77349-7 ; 978-1-118-77374-1 (pdf); 978-1-118-77345-1 (epub); 978-1-118-77349-9

978-1-118-77342-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

1059271613

OCoLC: 1027007314     

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1002/9781118773499

TK9152

363.17/99     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: TEC 009010

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Nuclear engineering -- Safety measures ; Nuclear engineering -- Political aspects ; Nuclear power plants -- Risk assessment ; Renewable energy sources

SCIENCE ; Energy ; Nuclear engineering ; Political aspects ; Nuclear engineering ; Safety measures ; Nuclear power plants ; Risk assessment ; Renewable energy sources

"The book analyses the pros and cons of a spectrum of energies, ranging from petroleum, coal, gas to water, solar and wind energies as well as nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear incident in 2011. It maintains that we should look at nuclear energy from a rational point of view instead of being influenced by emotions or politicians' arguments"--

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