| 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 |