The Reporter's Handbook on Nuclear Materials, Energy & Waste Management - Softcover

Greenberg, Michael R.; West, Bernadette M.; Lowrie, Karen W.; Mayer, Henry J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826516602 ISBN 13: 9780826516602

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press, 2009

Synopsis

An essential reference for journalists, activists, and students, this book presents scientifically accurate and accessible overviews of 24 of the most important issues in the nuclear realm, including: health effects, nuclear safety and engineering, TMI and Chernobyl, nuclear medicine, food irradiation, transport of nuclear materials, spent fuel, nuclear weapons, global warming.

Each "brief" is based on interviews with named scientists, engineers, or administrators in a nuclear specialty, and each has been reviewed by a team of independent experts. The objective is not to make a case for or against nuclear-related technologies, but rather to provide definitive background information. (The approach is based on that of The Reporter's Environmental Handbook, published in 1988, which won a special award for journalism from the Sigma Delta Chi Society of professional journalists.)

Other features of the book include: a glossary of hundreds of terms, an introduction to risk assessment, environmental and economic impacts, and public perceptions, an article by an experienced reporter with recommendations about how to cover nuclear issues, quick guides to the history of nuclear power in the United States, important federal legislation and regulations, nuclear position statements, and key organizations, print and electronic resources.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This book is intended to be a quick reference guide for reporters and editors under deadline pressure to cover a nuclear-related story, as well as reporters beginning a feature story. It contains background briefs on topics related to nuclear materials, energy, waste management, and risk; a glossary; key web and paper sources; and context regarding risk assessment, environmental impact, economics, and policy.

About the Author:

Three of the authors (Greenberg, Lowrie, and Mayer) have for more than a decade done nuclear waste research and review work as part of their association with the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation. The authors are also associated with the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfield Redevelopment at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. Greenberg also serves as associate editor for environmental health for the American Journal of Public Health and as editor-in-chief of Risk Analysis, where Lowrie serves as managing editor. West is Co-Chair of the Health Systems and Policy Department at UMDNJ School of Public Health.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0826516602
• ISBN 13: 9780826516602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304