Table of Contents for Nuclear Choices: A Citizen's Guide to Nuclear Technology

Series Foreword ix
Preface xiii
 
1: Nuclear News, Nuclear Choices 1
 
I: The Nuclear Difference
2: Atoms and Nuclei 15
3: Radioactivity: When Things Come Apart 39
4: Effects and Uses of Radiation 66
5: Energy from the Nucleus 95
 
II: Nuclear Power
6: Energy and People 121
7: Making Electricity 139
8: Nuclear Reactors 155
9: Reactor Safety 182
10: What About Nuclear Waste? 213
11: Alternatives to Nuclear Fission 243
 
III Nuclear Weapons
12: History and Technology 289
13: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons 315
14: Delivering Nuclear Weapons 338
15: Nuclear Strategy 368
16: Defense in the Nuclear Age 391
17: Controlling Nuclear Weapons 420
18: Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, and Nuclear Futures 455
 
Index 463