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Nuclear Power: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

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This book is a perfect starting point for research. I'll give a brief description of the chapters.

1: covers general nuclear discussion topics

2: a chronology of the origin of nuclear power, major events, along with some of the major government policies

3: biographies of major nuclear power people

4: technical topics in nuclear mining, energy, and waste, including a discussion on Yucca Mountain

5: directory of organizations and short descriptions of organizations

6: print resources along with short descriptions of them

7: non-print resources w/descriptions; includes websites

Glossary: pretty complete

Basically, start research here unless the research needs to be on more up-to-date (that is, if you are dealing with present day issues, although this would still be a good resource for research on Yucca Mountain). If this book doesn't have what you need, it can help you find a source that you would need or give more information about what you are researching.

Overall great book. I haven't read it all, but I read the first few chapters; I don't plan on reading the following chapters since they are descriptions of other resources and I was just doing some personal research on nuclear energy. (What I haven't read basically is something you only read if you want to find more resources on nuclear topics.)