Power to save the world

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1. uraniumJul 2020
   Are you looking for technical how-it-works stuff, or more political/environmental things, including safety and waste disposal? For the latter, I liked "Power To Save The World" by Gwyneth Cravens. For the former, I've mainly kept up with the differences between new reactor designs by wandering around the web.
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2. MikeCaponeJun 2010
   For those wanting to learn more about nuclear power, from uranium mining to how power plants work and how they are operated (the logistics of them), I recommend:

   Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy by Gwyneth Cravens.

   She spent almost a decade doing the research for this book with lots of help from a physicist who works on nuclear safety at a US lab (forgot which one). She used to be an anti-nuclear activist, but gradually changed her mind during the process of writing this book.

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3. ch4s3Feb 2022
   I might note for readers of you book recommendation that despite the title, James A. Mahaffey the author also wrote a pro nuclear book and was a contributor to Power to Save the World[1]. He's definitely in the pro-nuclear camp, and is an expert on nuclear control systems, having introduced digital/computer controls to the industry.

   [1]https://www.amazon.com/Power-Save-World-Nuclear-Energy/dp/03...

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