Nuclear power

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dc.contributor.authorHattingh, Johan P.
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-26T08:36:51Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionThis was a book and only the chapter was digitized as a PDF by the submitter.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhen the nucleus of an atom is divided or joined to another nucleus, an enormous amount of energy is produced. When these processes of fission (division of the nucleus of an atom) or fusion (joining the nucleus of an atom with another) take place under controlled conditions, this energy can be used to drive turbines that can do work: for example, to propel a large vehicle such as a ship or to generate electricity. These same processes, however, can be adapted to produce weapons with massive destructive power. Non-military uses of nuclear power refer to the generation of energy through a controlled process of fission in a nuclear reactor.en_ZA
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dc.embargo.lift2035-12-31
dc.embargo.terms2035-12-31en_ZA
dc.format.extent110-114 p. : ill.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHattingh, J.P. 2009. Nuclear power, in J.B. Callicott & R. Frodeman (eds.). Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy. USA: Gale Cengage Learning. 110-114.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn13: 978-0-02-8661377
dc.identifier.isbn13: 978-0-02-866139 -1 vol. 2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19388
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherGale, Cengage Learningen_ZA
dc.rights.holderMacmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learningen_ZA
dc.subjectNuclear poweren_ZA
dc.subjectFusionen_ZA
dc.subjectNuclear reactionen_ZA
dc.subjectNuclear reactoren_ZA
dc.titleNuclear poweren_ZA
dc.title.alternativeEncyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophyen_ZA
dc.typeChapters in Booksen_ZA
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