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050	0	0	_aTP245.T6 _b.M37 2012
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100	1		_aMartin, Richard, _d1958- _987424
245	1	0	_aSuperfuel : _bthorium, the green energy source for the future / _cRichard Martin.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2012.
300			_a262 p. ; _c25 cm
500			_a"In this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far safer, cleaner, and more abundant than uranium. At the dawn of the Atomic Age, thorium and uranium seemed to be in close competition as the fuel of the future. Uranium, with its ability to undergo fission and produce explosive material for atomic weapons, won out over its more pacific sister element, relegating thorium to the dustbin of science. Now, as we grapple with the perils of nuclear energy and rogue atomic weapons and mankind confronts the specter of global climate change, thorium is reemerging as the overlooked energy source that can wean us off our fossil-fuel addiction and avert the risk of nuclear meltdown"--
650		0	_aThorium _937289
650		0	_aNuclear reactors _xDesign and construction _944485
650		0	_aThorium _xSeparation _987425
650		0	_aNuclear fuels _987426
650		0	_aNuclear fuels _zUnited States _xHistory _987427
650		0	_aNuclear reactors _zUnited States _xDesign and construction _xHistory _987428
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