Accessible books about nuclear power and its place in the world
Asia is rising as the dominant developer of nuclear energy. China, India, South Korea, and Japan are deeply committed to nuclear energy. Smaller countries like Brazil, Vietnam, and the UAE are lining up their investment in new reactors.
Readers in the U.S. may wonder what we are missing? If the dust up over the financial future of Calvert Cliffs in October 2010 is any indication, the answer is a lot.
Here’s another answer. People in other countries have read books U.S. political and business leaders have not. Our mainstream news media defers to green politics and quarterly earnings reports. Education is a potent remedy to ignorance.
Want to know more? Read a book on nuclear energy and share it with your friends. While it won’t compete with cocktail chatter about ‘Dancing with the Stars’, in fact, nuclear energy is the stuff stars are made of.
Focus on the non-technical
This is a short list of books on nuclear energy for the non-technical reader. In the list, I provide the title, the author’s name, their home page where you can learn about them and their book; and, the Amazon page if you want to buy a copy.
The Amazon page will give you a publisher’s note about the book, a summary of reviews, and reader opinions.
The Amazon page contains the book’s ISBN number which is helpful if you want to read these books for free at your local public library. They should have a copy or can get one for you on inter-library loan. None of these books are obscure. All are in print.
After Nov 2nd, send this list to your elected representative, local newspaper editor, and share it with college instructors and high school science teachers. All of these books are within the grasp of 1st year college students.
The Idaho Samizdat nuclear energy reading list
The Idaho Samizdat short list of books on nuclear energy is not all inclusive.I welcome suggestions for additions.
There is no particular order to these books.__________________________________
The Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energyby: Gwyneth Cravens Amazon
Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Energy Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odysseyby: William Tucker Amazon
Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock that Shaped the Worldby: Tom Zoellner Amazon
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifestoby: Stewart Brand Amazon
Prescription for the Planet: The Painless Remedy for Our Energy & Environmental Crisisby: Tom Blees Amazon
Nuclear Energy in the 21st Centuryby: Ian Hore-Lacy Amazon
Sustainable Energy - Without The Hot Airby: David JC MacKay Amazon
Aim High! Thorium energy cheaper than from coalby: Robert Hargraves Amazon
Power Hungry: The Myths of 'Green' Energyby: Robert Bryce Amazon
The Reporter's Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy, and Waste Managementby: Michael Greenberg et.al Amazon
Physics for Future Presidents by: Richard A. Muller AmazonAtomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power by: James Mahaffey Amazon
Nuclear Firsts: Milestone on the Road to Nuclear Power Developmentby: Gail Marcus Amazon
Storms of my Grandchildrenby: James Hansen Amazon
The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Differenceby: Ted Rockwell AmazonThe GeoPolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040by Judith Wright and James Conca Amazon
