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Author:

Sherman, Josepha.

Title:

Nuclear power / by Josepha Sherman ; consultant, Steve Brick.

Publisher:

Capstone Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Nuclear engineering.--Juvenile literature.
Nuclear power plants.--Juvenile literature.
Nuclear energy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.

Contents:

Chain reaction -- Splitting atom -- Nuclear history -- Creating electricity -- Benefits and drawbacks -- Is fusion the future?

Summary:

Introduces the history, uses, production, advantages and disadvantages, and future of nuclear energy as a power resource.

Series:

Fact finders. Energy at work

ISBN:

9780736824736 (hardcover)
0736824731 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52860009

LCCN:

2003015052

Locations:

CKPA482 -- Amana School-Community Library (Amana) — J 333.792 SHE

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)