[bksvol-discuss] Submitted/nonfiction
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:39:49 -0400
Hi all,
I've just submitted for proofing "Mad Science: The Nuclear Power Experiment"
by Joseph Mangano.
It's been read and spell-checked. Headers stripped, page numbers/chapter
titles present, text/heading fonts adjusted.
329 pages.
Description:
Will Americans once again play nuclear roulette?
Just one year after the Fukushima meltdown, all 54 reactors in Japan have
been closed, and may never be restarted. Germany recently closed several
reactors, and will shutter them all within a decade. Italy revoked its
pledge to build new reactors, keeping that nation nuclear-free. All these
decisions are based on the understanding that reactors are extremely
dangerous and expensive.
In the U. S. , the remnants of the once-overwhelmingly powerful nuclear
lobby are making their last stand for "clean" nuclear energy. The
sixty-year-old vision of power "too cheap to meter" (words originally
uttered by a banker promoting the industry), is back. While other countries
end their reliance on nuclear energy, Americans contemplate its revival,
even as existing American reactors, which produce a fifth of U. S.
electricity, pass retirement age and are corroding.
In Mad Science, Joseph Mangano strips away the near-smothering layers of
distortions and outright lies that permeate the massive propaganda campaigns
on behalf of nuclear energy. He explores the history of the industry, with
its origins in the Manhattan Project, through its heightening promotion
during the Cold War and its entwinement with nuclear weapons.
Mad Science includes an account of nuclear accidents and meltdowns and their
consequences, from Chernobyl to Santa Susana and beyond; as well as a
point-by-point refutation of pro-nuke arguments. Atomic energy is unsafe -
it deals with staggeringly poisonous substances at every stage of its
creation - un-economical in the extreme and impractical.
Deborah
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