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Tables of Contents for The Nuclear Power Deception
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures and Tables
xi
2
Preface
xiii
4
Acknowledgments
xvii
 
Introduction: Summary and Recommendations
1
16
Main Findings
1
10
Recommendations
11
1
Other Recommendations
12
5
PART ONE: HISTORY--NUCLEAR POWER PROPAGANDA AND REALITY
17
116
Chapter 1: Romance with the Atom
17
9
Chapter 2: Electricity Production and Nuclear Reactors
26
27
Nuclear Fuel
30
6
1. Uranium Fuel
30
3
2. Plutonium Fuel
33
3
Nuclear Reactors
36
14
1. Thermal Reactors
37
7
2. Breeder Reactors (Fast Neutron Reactors)
44
6
The "Nuclear Fuel Cycle"
50
3
Chapter 3: The Early Years--Atomic Messiahs, Propagandists, and Skeptics
53
17
Atomic Messiahs and Propagandists
53
9
1. "Atoms for Peace"
57
5
Atomic Skeptics
62
8
1. Early Practical Assessments
63
7
Chapter 4: Plutonium, the Nuclear Navy, and Nuclear Power Development
70
14
Round One: Dual-Purpose Reactors
71
2
Round Two: Admiral Rickover, the Nuclear Navy, and the Light Water Reactor
73
8
1. Propaganda Aspects
73
3
2. Shippingport
76
5
Other Skeptics
81
3
Chapter 5: From "Too Cheap" to Bust
84
24
The First Civilian Reactors
84
5
Safety
89
12
1. Reactor Safety Basics
90
2
2. Light Water Reactors: Basics about Loss-of-Coolant Accidents
92
4
3. Historical Aspects of the Light Water Reactor Accident Debate
96
3
4. Sodium-Cooled Fast Breeders
99
2
Cost
101
7
1. The 1950s to the 1970s
101
3
2. The 1980s and Early 1990s
104
4
Chapter 6: Radioactive Waste
108
25
Radioactive Waste Basics
109
6
1. Waste Categories
111
3
2. Quantities of Weapons-Usable Materials
114
1
High-Level Waste Management: Short-and Medium-Term Issues
115
11
1. Nuclear Waste and Nuclear Power
119
2
2. Reprocessing
121
5
Long-Term Management Issues
126
2
Concluding Observations
128
5
PART TWO: MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS OR A SOUND ENERGY POLICY?
133
74
Chapter 7: "Inherently Safe" Reactors--Commercial Nuclear Power's Second Generation?
133
32
New Reactor Designs: An Overview
135
3
New Light Water Reactor Designs
138
1
Other Reactor Designs
139
9
1. The MHTGR
140
1
Background
141
2
Safety Concerns
143
5
The Semantics of "Inherent Safety"
148
2
Accidents and Nuclear Technology
150
15
1. Chernobyl
153
6
Health Effects
159
4
2. Some Lessons of the Chernobyl Disaster
163
2
Chapter 8: Plutonium Disposition, Military Tritium, and Commercial Reactors
165
11
Plutonium Disposition
166
5
Military Tritium
171
2
Concluding Observations on the Civilian-Military Nuclear Power Connection
173
3
Chapter 9: Nuclear Power and Energy Policy
176
31
Energy Concepts
181
3
Renewable Energy Sources
184
5
Integrating Renewables with Energy Efficiency in the Electricity Sector
189
6
1. Obstacles to Efficiency
189
3
2. A Proposal for a Financing Structure
192
1
3. Improving Efficiency in Existing Large Buildings
193
1
4. Improving Efficiency in Existing Small Buildings
194
1
5. Other Measures
194
1
Combined-Cycle Plants, Nuclear Power Plants, and CO(2) Emissions
195
5
The Kyoto Protocol
200
7
1. Major Provisions of the Kyoto Protocol
201
2
2. Joint Implementation
203
4
Appendix A: Basics of Nuclear Physics and Fission
207
8
Structure of the Atom
207
1
Radioactive Decay
208
2
Binding Energy
210
1
Nuclear Fission
211
3
Fertile Materials
214
1
Appendix B: Uranium
215
7
The Mining and Milling Process
217
2
Conversion and Enrichment
219
1
Regulations in the U.S.
220
1
The Future
221
1
Appendix C: Plutonium
222
7
Nuclear Properties of Plutonium
222
2
Chemical Properties and Hazards of Plutonium
224
1
Important Plutonium Compounds and Their Uses
225
1
Formation and Grades of Plutonium-239
225
4
Glossary
229
12
References
241
18
Index
259