2. The case for technology
The "technology is bad" message
A little detour for perspective
Human population and technology
Two concluding thoughts on the case for technology
3. The case for electrical power
The history of electrical power
Electrical power use today
4. A little basic nuclear science
Radiation and radioactive decay
5. Nuclear reactor physics and nuclear reactors
Chain reactions, criticality, delayed neutrons, and reactor control
6. All the bad stuff about things nuclear
Human health effect of radiation
Nuclear power plant accidents
7. Energy, the big picture and our choices
The global energy picture
Energy use in the United States
Fossil fuels and the problems thereof
The "renewables" and the "alternative energy source"
Concluding thought on energy, the big picture
8. The status of nuclear power today
9. The future of nuclear power
Potential futures, political and social context for nuclear energy
The technologies of a nuclear future
10. What all this means to you and what you can do.
