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"In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic...
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The New Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"In the first definitive account of the Fukushima disaster, two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists ... team up with journalist Susan Q. Stranahan ... to tell this harrowing story, [which] combines [an] ... account of the tsunami and the nuclear emergency it created with an explanation of the science and technology behind the meltdown as it unfolded in real time"--Amazon.com.
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Generic letter volume no. 86-05
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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English
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English
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"The never-before-told inside story of how Israel stopped Syria from becoming a global nuclear nightmare--and its far-reaching implications On September 6, 2007, shortly after midnight, Israeli fighters advanced on Deir ez-Zour in Syria. Israel often flew into Syria as a warning to President Bashar al-Assad. But this time, there was no warning and no explanation. This was a covert operation, with one goal: to destroy a nuclear reactor being built...
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Treaties and other international acts volume 22-210
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United States Department of State
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English
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NUREG/BR volume 508
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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NRC information notice volume 99-10
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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With stolen top-secret technology, terrorists have created a next-generation Universal Soldier, an elite fighter genetically altered into a programmable killing machine. With this 'UniSol' leading the way, they seize the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor, threating to unleash a lethal radioactive cloud. The only one who can stop the terrorists is Luc Deveraux, a UniSol who's been decommissioned for years. Deveraux must make a full-out assault on...
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Generic letter volume 80-17
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pub. Date
1980.
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English
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