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Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy

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ISBN-10: 0307266567
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf (October 30, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307266567
  • ASIN: B002KAOSLK
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,410,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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By Tanya Critchfield on November 11, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Anyone who is interested in the future of our world should read this book. It is filled with useful comparisons of the impacts to the environment made by different types of energy sources. It follows many of these sources from cradle to grave. It is eye-opening to learn about how much difference their is in toxic waste, environmental impact and human safety associated with each type of energy source.

If Mr. Nash had actually read Ms. Cravens book, he would have learned the answers to his accusations against nuclear power. Unfortunately, much of America's knowledge about nuclear energy comes from sound bites like his that are actually hype that is not founded on solid, scientific research. It is only rhetoric used to inflame people, and get them to reject nuclear power without actually learning about it.

If you want to learn the truth about energy, this book is an easy to understand, superbly researched, educational jem for anybody who wants to have a well-rounded overview. If you are truly interested in creating a cleaner, more sustainable world, I would strongly recommend that you read this book.

Tanya
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Ms. Cravens has written a very good book discussing the complete nuclear power cycle from a lay person's perspective. Her discussions concerning power baseloading and comparing nuclear sources to coal sources for powering the national power grid are narratives that are rarely, if ever, discussed outside of the power industry due to the emotional issues that nuclear power brings forth in people.

As a non-technical author and former protester against nuclear power, Ms. Cravens tackles the subject material of nuclear power, the security issues, health issues and comparisons to other major power sources with a thoroughness not usually seen at this level. Her approach to "tag along" with noted retired DOE scientist, Rip Anderson and his openness and patience towards teaching a non-technically trained person the ins and outs of the nuclear power cycle add to the narrative. The unique approach she takes to treat her investigation of nuclear power as a personal journey leads to Ms. Cravens' ultimate understanding that nuclear power must be one of the power sources we rely on for our power needs as we go into the 21st century.

The book provides an excellent overview partly due to the length of time it takes for Ms. Craven's accounts of her travels and interviews to be written. Ms. Cravens does not try to write this book in 3 or 6 months just to ride the coattails of the latest nuclear headlines. Instead she took the time she needed to fully understand nuclear power, other sources of electrical power and the subject of baseloading before finalizing her book. The time was well spent as she is able to competently write about the use of nuclear power in today's world of shrinking inventory of carbon based fuels, greenhouse effects and increasing international tensions.
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Last March I was fortunate to be able to attend the “Einstein gala” which is the main fundraising event of the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, here in Albuquerque, as a guest of the former Board Chair. Each year at the gala, they present the National award to a prominent individual or organization who has had an impact on nuclear issues. After attending the event in 2012, I decided to read the recent book of the award winner, Dr. Lisa Randall Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World. Likewise, in 2015, I decided to read the book of the award winner, Gwyneth Cravens, a commitment I managed to fulfill in less than a year.

During her acceptance speech, she spoke of her childhood in Albuquerque, playing in the arroyos in the desert, quite possibly where my house is now located. She also introduced Dr. Rip Anderson, who initially challenged her to reexamine her anti-nuclear bias, and was her guide around the nuclear world, and a rational “touchstone” by refuting many of the arguments, often ill-founded, that inhibit our development of a resource that is our best option for “saving the world.”

The author commences with an epigram from Richard Rhodes, the author of (The Making of the Atomic Bomb) who in turn quotes Niels Bohr on the relentless goal of science being the “removal of prejudices.” In her text, in passing almost, she also quotes an equally apt passage from George Eliot’s
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Very interesting book. A liberal environmentalist moved by a fear of global warming discovers nuclear power and does a complete 180 from "Anything nuclear is bad" to "This is an immediate solution to save the world from global warming". No references but an easy read with good index and well written.
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It's thorough and thought provoking -- enough to motivate me to look up parallel information as I read through the book.

I really like how the author balances risk and benefit throughout, and gets her readers to think in those terms. There seemed to be little glossing over hard facts. Overall, the book takes away my concerns about the risks of nuclear, especially as compared to other sources - like the filthy coal industry. I love the idea of solar, but her perspective on the toxic manufacturing and disposal process for solar cells helps answers questions I've long wondered about. She isn't against other forms of energy generation - just puts them in perspective. Nothing is free, easy, or perfect.

It was amazing to learn about the incredible advances in reactor technology and how it can be done with a tiny fraction of the waste now generated.

Her dissection of the disposal issue takes away the scare factor.

The book informs a highly emotional discussion in a rational, reasonable way and demolishes a lot of mythology. There are parts I had to re-read to digest, but it's written about as easy to understand as it could be to cover the subject with the depth it does for a layperson.
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