“Nuclear energy for dummies” by Dr Howard Hornfeld
Now that many environmental groups are beginning to realize that nuclear energy is no longer the scare that it was some years ago (see, for example, the Tribune de Gen?ve, 16 January 2007, p. 7), maybe it’s time to understand what nuclear energy is, and in particular where the future of this technology lies. Energy in general Firstly, let’s think about energy in general terms for our society. To simplify matters, we can state that there are two basic…
