title: Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power: A Critical Global Assessment of Atomic Energy
author:  Benjamin K Sovacool 
description: Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power provides a badly needed, concise, and comprehensive overview of the reasons why nuclear energy is a deeply flawed policy option. The list of reasons is a long one: accidents, cost overruns, low return on investment, decommissioning costs, terrorism risks, uranium shortages, groundwater contamination, disposal risks, mining hazards, shipping security, centralized bureaucracy, etc. Moreover, for those who wish to portray nuclear energy as a `green' energy option, Sovacool explodes the green myth by showing that carbon emissions over the life cycle of a nuclear-powered electricity plant are strikingly high, and the trend is for the carbon footprint of nuclear energy to become equivalent to that of electricity from fossil fuels. --David J Hess, Professor, Science and Technology Studies Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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  Future Energy
  Improved, Sustainable and
  Clean Options for our Planet
  Third Edition
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