Nuclear Issues

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies have conducted activities to develop atomic energy for civilian and defense purpos...

The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 contained a request for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine rev...

Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy's...

Radiation exposure at low doses (below 100 milligray) or low-dose rates (less than 5 milligray per hour) occurs in a wide range of medical, industr...

In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Depart...

This book analyzes the law and politics in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The inalienable right as provided for in Article IV of the Treaty on...

Text in German. After the Chernobyl disaster, more than a million children and young people were sent on trips with thousands of accompanying perso...

Energy is essential for the economic growth of a nation. Its absence or deficiency makes a nation highly vulnerable to international arms twisting ...

At a moment when a new generation of power stations and weapons are being developed, Fallout is a measured and fascinating exploration of our most ...

The nuclear age is coming to the Middle East. Understanding the scope and motivations for this development and its implications for global security...

Discover the mind-boggling science of the coming apocalypse! 'Curiously pleasurable this will help you get your everyday problems into perspective...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

Once home to the United States's largest plutonium production site, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state is laced with 56 million ga...

The environmental implications of generating electric power from nuclear fission have been a matter of concern since the construction of the earlie...

Earth Is a Nuclear Planet is a book on nuclear energy unlike any other. It makes the reader feel like a genius by clearly explaining all the releva...

A photographic study of the land that served as the main testing site for American nuclear devices for four decadesMore nuclear bombs have been det...

Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste examines the fundamental knowledge and conditions to be considered and applied by planners and ot...