A Brighter Tomorrow Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy

by Domenici, Pete V.; Nunn, Sam

• ISBN13: 9780742541887
• ISBN10: 0742541886
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-27
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The senior Senator from New Mexico, Pete V. Domenici, has written a thoughtful assessment of the progress Americans have made in their efforts to bring the benefits of nuclear power to mankind. He outlines what went wrong and why, and in this noble quest, what we must now do to recover from and repudiate past blunders. Senator Domenici has been called Congress' chief apostle for nuclear power and in this book he shares his vision and passion for a renewed commitment, by this nation, and the rest of the world, to the dreams that nuclear energy can help us fulfill. It is also a book about what kind of world our grandchildren could inhabit if we fail in making and keeping such a commitment. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	vii
Foreword	ix
Senator Sam Nunn
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
1 My Vision-Reinvigorating "Atoms for Peace"	1	(12)
2 The Road to Leadership	13	(14)
3 The Energy Highway	27	(22)
4 Nuclear Power in the World Today	49	(22)
5 Regulatory Roadblocks to Nuclear Power	71	(12)
6 Uranium Resource Issues	83	(18)
7 Revitalizing the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure and Workforce	101	(14)
8 Dealing with Nuclear Proliferation Effectively	115	(40)
9 The Waste Disposal Conundrum	155	(26)
10 The Case for Nuclear Power	181	(32)
11 Roadmap for the Future	213	(14)
Epilogue	227	(6)
Appendix A "A New Nuclear Paradigm"	233	(8)
Appendix B "Atoms for Peace-50th Anniversary"	241	(6)
Appendix C Some Key Nonproliferation Events from the 1990's to the Present	247	(4)
Notes	251	(14)
Index	265	(7)
About the Author	272