Table of Contents

• 1: Nuclear power as an energy resource
• 2: What is nuclear energy?
• 3: Nuclear fuel
• 4: How nuclear power stations work
• 5: Radioactive waste
• 6: Dealing with nuclear waste
• 7: Nuclear accidents
• 8: Other impacts of nuclear power
• 9: The cost of nuclear power
• 10: Encouraging nuclear power
• 11: Protesting against nuclear power
• 12: New nuclear technology
• 13: The future for nuclear power
• 14: Nuclear activity

About the Author

Richard and Louise Spilsbury have worked in educational publishing for more than 20 years. Between them they have written nearly 200 information books on a variety of subjects, ranging from science and natural history, geography and the environment, to teen issues and the arts.