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Power production : what are the risks? / J.H. Fremlin.
LIBRA HD7269.E472 G744 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fremlin, J. H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy industries--Health aspects--Great Britain.
- Energy industries.
- Energy industries--Great Britain--Safety measures.
- Industrial safety.
- Energy industries--Health aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, England ; New York, NY, USA : A. Hilger, 1989.
- Summary:
- Power Production: What Are the Risks? includes completely new chapters to take into account the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the disaster at Piper Alpha, and the much debated problems of acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The book evaluates the risks involved in using coal and oil-fired generation of nuclear and hydro power. The author contends that in our modern industrial society the risks of power production are less than the consequences of having insufficient supplies of power. He uses technical data from many fields of research to estimate the risks to the public from both renewable and nonrenewable sources.
- Notes:
- "Published under the Adam Hilger imprint by IOP Publishing Ltd."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0852741324
- 0852741332
- OCLC:
- 20130664
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