Screen LibraryUranium /
Uranium, the most atomically unstable natural element on earth, has a unique place in the global geopolitics of resources. It provides energy to millions of people and its isotopes are used to power spacecraft and in nuclear medicine. But it is also at the heart of many of the planet's most dea...
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Uranium, the most atomically unstable natural element on earth, has a unique place in the global geopolitics of resources. It provides energy to millions of people and its isotopes are used to power spacecraft and in nuclear medicine. But it is also at the heart of many of the planet's most deadly threats, including nuclear devastation and radioactive waste. Its mining has caused bitter conflict with indigenous peoples and its testing in nuclear weapons has left a toxic legacy. Yet the nonproliferation regime which aims to phase out nuclear weapons and manage the risks of nuclear energy is a |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745670515 0745670512 9781509510702 1509510702 |
| Index Number: | TA480 |
| CLC: | TL21 |
| Call Number: | TL21/B959 |
| Contents: | The politics of uranium -- The brief history of a resource -- Weapons and security -- Mining, politics and people -- Energy, risk and climate -- Challenges and futures. |