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Synopsis
Written by a nuclear engineer, for readers who want facts instead of headlines.
Nuclear energy is back on the global agenda. Small Modular Reactors, fusion breakthroughs, and Italy's return to nuclear power (DL 175/2025) are making front-page news. But most public debate mixes technical facts with political slogans. This book gives you the tools to form your own informed opinion.
What you will learn
- Ionizing radiation: what it really is, how it interacts with living tissue, and how we measure the dose (Sievert, Becquerel)
- Radiation protection: principles used by hospitals, nuclear plants, and radiographers worldwide
- Nuclear accidents: detailed analysis of Chernobyl, Fukushima, Three Mile Island, Windscale, Mayak and Goiania on the INES scale
- Reactor physics: fission, criticality, thermodynamics of commercial PWR/BWR/CANDU reactors
- Radon in your home: the invisible radioactive gas that causes 21,000 lung-cancer deaths per year in the US (EPA data)
- SMR and Generation IV: what the next reactor generation actually promises
Who this book is for
Engineering and science students, environmental journalists, energy policy professionals, healthcare workers dealing with radioisotopes, and curious citizens. Mathematical passages can be skipped without losing the narrative. Over 100 figures and tables make complex concepts accessible.
Who wrote it
Lanfranco Curzi holds a degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Bologna (Italy), is a Qualified Expert in Radiation Protection under Italian Legislative Decree 235/95, a certified Energy Manager, and taught for 23 years at ITIS "E. Fermi" high school in Ascoli Piceno. Registered with the Order of Engineers, Teramo (Italy), n. 433. He also authored the two-volume Italian series "Il Nucleare per Tutti".
Why buy today
The nuclear renaissance is not a rhetorical question - it is happening. Whether you need to speak at a town-hall meeting, write an article, take a policy position, or simply understand your relative's chemotherapy scan, this book gives you verifiable data, not slogans.
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