General Energy References
This web site contains a large number of reference materials on web
sites belonging to various members of the commercial energy
community. The site was created and is maintained by the Nuclear Energy
Institute, a professional organization primarily involving
corporations with business related to nuclear energy.
Nuclear Energy Institute "Up
Front" Site
- This site, sponsored by the Nuclear Energy Institute, displays a
number of articles regarding aspects of energy in the news and the
political, economic, and scientific aspects thereof. See also
their annotated
list of related links.
U.S. Department of Energy,
Energy Information Administration
- The Energy Information Agency maintains official statistics regarding
energy issues for the United States government. The site contains an
enormous amount of statistical data gathered by the government, as well as
a nice How Nuclear
Reactors Work section written for students.
International Energy Agency
- The International Energy Agency is "an autonomous agency linked with
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and with
the Nuclear Energy Agency also cited herein. The site contains a large
amount of information and data regarding general energy development as
well as the international energy market and world energy
implications.
International Energy Agency
Statistics
- Covers all sources of energy, including supply, use and consumption by fuel and by final energy type, over the past thirty
years. Excellent information with clear, informative full-color graphs.
U. S. Energy Information
Administration
- The Energy Information Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department
of Energy. This site contains a large number of U. S. energy statistics.
Uranium Information Center (UIC)
- This is an Australian commercial site. The site contains several sections that discuss thoroughly and accurately
all aspects of nuclear power. EXCELLENT site, written at a nice level for the non-expert reader.
Iowa State University Physics Professor Laurent
Hodges' Solar Home
- Description of the Hodges Residence, "a superinsulated direct gain passive solar home in Ames, Iowa (latitude 42.0 N,
longitude 93.8 W)." Very interesting example of how solar power can be used in a non-tropical climate.
General Reference Books
Raymond L. Murray: Nuclear Energy, 4th ed.; Butterworth Heinemann,
1993.
- This excellent book, writtten by a senior professor of nuclear
energy, is aimed primarily at junior level engineering
students. However, much of the material is quite understandable by less
experienced students.
Bernard L. Cohen: Before It's Too Late; Plenum Press,
1983.
- Professor Cohen has written an excellent and scientifically impeccable
discussion of the advantages of nuclear power, along with an outstanding
survey of the physics needed for basic understanding of the technical
issues. Lamentably, this book is no longer in print, but your library
should have a copy.
Bernard L. Cohen: The Nuclear Energy Option - An Alternative for
the 90s; Plenum Press, 1990-1992.
- Another excellent book by Professor Cohen. This is a major revision
of the earlier book, above, with several new chapters and lots of updated
material.
Alan E. Walter: America the Powerless - Facing our Nuclear Energy
dilemma; Cogito Books, 1995.
- An excellent book by a thoroughly knowledgable expert in the field of
nuclear power. This book is written for the general audience, and does
not require either a science backgrouund or other preparation.
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