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020 _a9780230116474 (hardback) :
_c$17.00
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050 0 0 _aTK9360
_b.M319 2012
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084 _aSCI024000
_aSCI034000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aMartin, Richard,
_d1958-.
245 1 0 _aSuperfuel :
_bthorium, the green energy source for the future /
_cRichard Martin.
246 3 _aSuper fuel
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2012.
264 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2012.
300 _a262 pages ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
520 _a"In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic weapons, won out over its more pacific sister element, relegating thorium to the dustbin of science. Now, as we grapple with the perils of nuclear energy and rogue atomic weapons and mankind confronts the specter of global climate change, thorium is reemerging as the overlooked energy source that can wean us off our fossil-fuel addiction and avert the risk of nuclear meltdown"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aThorium.
650 0 _aThorium
_xSeparation.
650 0 _aNuclear fuels.
650 0 _aNuclear reactors
_xDesign and construction.
650 0 _aNuclear fuels
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aNuclear reactors
_zUnited States
_xDesign and construction
_xHistory.
650 7 _aEnergy
_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aGreen Fuel
_2bisacsh.
650 0 _aThorium.
_xEnergy Sources.
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925 1 _aacquire
_b2 shelf copies
_xpolicy default
955 _dxh57 2011-12-22
_exh57 2011-12-22 to Dewey
_wrd14 2011-12-28
_frf08 2012-05-29 to CALM
_trf08 2012-05-29 added copy 2;
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