Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Nuclear Power Plants are in the hot seat these days. Get your hot facts!
Macmillian Encyclopedia of Physics
Look here for a simple explanation of how nuclear power plants work.
Reference 530.03 M167m
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Read up on the details of design features of current and proposed reactors, complete with diagrams: “Nuclear Power Facilities, Safety.”
Reference 660.03 K59K
Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia
Years before the first nuclear power plant generated electricity, science fiction writers imagined nightmare reactor scenarios. See “Nuclear Power” for titles.
Reference 503 S775
Encyclopedia of Energy
How do you decommission a nuclear plant? What are the risks of nuclear power? Everyone talks about the economics of nuclear power---but what are they? Look up Nuclear Power plants or Nuclear reactors here to find out.
http://www.credoreference.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/book/estenergy
International Encylopedia of Environmental Politics
Everyone’s talking about the Japanese nuclear power industry. Get more info about national nuclear power industries, accidents, and scandals:
http://www.credoreference.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/book/routenvpol
International Encylopedia of Public Health
“Nuclear Energy Use” offers a full treatment of its history, details of the 1986 Chernobyl accident, and environmental and health impacts of each step in the process from uranium mining to nuclear waste disposal.
Reference RA 423 .158 2008
NRC Backgrounder on the Three Mile Island Accident
Details of this 1979 Pennsylvania accident that has resurfaced in recent news:
http://nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html