Nuclear Issues

The United States and its allies are in a complex nuclear age, with potential adversaries modernising their arsenals, new nuclear technologies emer...

In China, a lot of Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) are in the stages of planning, design, or construction. Thus it is necessary to do a comprehensive re...

Book & CD-ROM. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) defines an abandoned uranium mine (mine) as a named mine or complex developed to extract ura...

Almost 30 years ago, Congress addressed increasing concerns regarding the management of the nation''s growing stockpile of nuclear waste by calling...

The primary objective of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the interaction of depleted uranium as a source of low dose radia...

The Department of Energy (DOE) faces significant technical challenges in successfully constructing and operating the Waste Treatment and Immobiliza...

The Department of Energy''s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy''s (NE) approach to advanced reactor research and development (R&D) focuses on three...

This book presents and reviews the current nuclear ambitions and issues of several Middle Eastern countries such as: Iran, Pakistan, United Arab Em...

This book examines nuclear oversight, planning and safety efforts at U.S. nuclear power reactors across the United States. The U.S. Nuclear Regulat...

The United States (US) program for siting interim storage and permanent disposal facilities for used nuclear fuel (UNF) is at a crossroads. The Mar...

The magnitude 9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, claiming over 20,000 lives. It crippled the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Pow...

The seismic design criteria applied to sitting commercial nuclear power plants operating in the U.S. received increased attention following the Mar...

Radioactive material is used worldwide for legitimate commercial purposes, including industrial processes in the oil and gas, aerospace, and food s...

'Remarkable . . . grips with the force of a thriller' Robert Macfarlane'The most brilliant and essential book on Chernobyl since that of Nobel Priz...

In Atomic Blackmail? Simon Bennett examines the very real possibility of the weaponisation of nuclear facilities during the Russia-Ukraine War. Th...

An in-depth, timely examination of one towns nuclear power plant, the scandal that plagued it, and the reporter who was allowed inside.Nuclear powe...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller th...

As much personal journal as investigative journalism, this account traces the worsening developments at Fukushima Daiichi during the first year fol...

Professor Knorr examines bends in the values which nations derive in their international relationships from the possession and use of both nuclear ...

For over 30 years, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has maintained effective nuclear security, emergency preparedness and incident resp...

The Blue Ribbon Commission on America''s Nuclear Future was chartered to recommend a new strategy for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cyc...

Not a day goes by that humans arent exposed to toxins in our environmentbe it at home, in the car, or workplace. But what about those toxic places ...

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 ...

This is a story of how ordinary people created a movement that changed New Zealand''s foreign policy and our identity as a nation. The story of pea...