Nuclear Books


Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear EnergyPower to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy
Best Price: $17.11
Another book from a writer who says "I was anti-nuclear but I think different now"....
Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century: World Nuclear University PressNuclear Energy in the 21st Century: World Nuclear University Press
Best Price: $25.05
Ian Hore-Lacy has written a brilliant introduction to nuclear power in "Nuclear Energy in...
Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear AccidentIdaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident
Best Price: $10.49
Was there at test site when this happened. Mostly accurate and alerts the reader to the...
Nuclear Energy Now: Why the Time Has Come for the World's Most Misunderstood Energy SourceNuclear Energy Now: Why the Time Has Come for the World's Most Misunderstood Energy Source
Best Price: $5.47
Scientists and economists are working diligently to determine ways of producing sufficient...
Nuclear Waste Stalemate: Political and Scientific ControversiesNuclear Waste Stalemate: Political and Scientific Controversies
Best Price: $21.00


The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. TaylorThe Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
Best Price: $7.90
The Curve of Binding Energy by John McPhee is just a terrific read for anyone interested in the...
Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and ProspectsNuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and Prospects
Best Price: $72.80
I am amazed that nobody wrote yet a review of this book. I liked this book a lot. David...
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Series in Nuclear Science and Engineering)Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Series in Nuclear Science and Engineering)
Best Price: $78.51
I read the book cover-to-cover. For a third edition, it has an astounding number of typos and...
To the End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket (Apogee Books Space Series)To the End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket (Apogee Books Space Series)
Best Price: $16.12
Six million horsepower from a reactor the size of a 55 gallon drum. This was the promise of the...
The Environmental Case for Nuclear Power: Economic, Medical, and Political ConsiderationsThe Environmental Case for Nuclear Power: Economic, Medical, and Political Considerations
Best Price: $10.41
This fact filled, convincing, and well researched book eloquently explains why we must start...


Insurmountable Risks: The Dangers of Using Nuclear Power to Combat Global Climate ChangeInsurmountable Risks: The Dangers of Using Nuclear Power to Combat Global Climate Change
Best Price: $3.55
1. It is more expensive today than renewables when decommissioning costs and waste disposal are...
Radiation Protection and Dosimetry: An Introduction to Health PhysicsRadiation Protection and Dosimetry: An Introduction to Health Physics
Best Price: $69.59
This is a much needed book. I good modern overview of what you would encounter in the field of...
Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and EngineeringFundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Best Price: $126.94
This book is pure fun to read... easy to follow, clearly written, and full of cool graphs. It...
Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd EditionChemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Edition
Best Price: $54.41
This book is gokay for introduction of Chemical Reactors and all that. However, I would highly...
The Legacy of ChernobylThe Legacy of Chernobyl
Best Price: $6.34
The book was a fast read. I found the information fascinating, but the author suddenly was...

The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear ReactorThe Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
I was David's scoutmaster when he was preparing for his Eagle Scout Board of Review. I was to...
Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit C: Conservation Laws Constrain InteractionsSix Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit C: Conservation Laws Constrain Interactions
Best Price: $24.00
I took New York State Regents physics in 11th grade back in high school. I've always had a skill...
America the Powerless: Facing Our Nuclear Energy DilemmaAmerica the Powerless: Facing Our Nuclear Energy Dilemma
Best Price: $5.77
Corporate propaganda? Only if you are so closed minded you won't accept truth and logic. ...
Under The Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear TestingUnder The Cloud: The Decades of Nuclear Testing
Best Price: $25.45
Richard Miller's "Under the Cloud" is probably a must-read for any of the late...
Nuclear Reactor AnalysisNuclear Reactor Analysis
Best Price: $110.00
Everything went right and smooth with my order. I got the book on Amazon way cheaper than in a...

Nuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear ProcessesNuclear Energy: An Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes
Best Price: $62.00
This introduction to nuclear physics is very clear and covers all the essential elements.
Handbook of Radiation EffectsHandbook of Radiation Effects
Best Price: $132.00
This text details nearly everything one need to know for a basic understanding of radiation...
Nuclear Reactor PhysicsNuclear Reactor Physics
Best Price: $143.85
Especially for beginning reactor physics classes, go with the Duderstadt book. It's much...
FalloutFallout
Best Price: $8.98
This graphic novel, subtitled "J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political...
Power Plant EngineeringPower Plant Engineering
Best Price: $244.98
Good information, well worth the price, after receiving the first one I bought three more, for...

Radiation Shielding and DosimetryRadiation Shielding and DosimetryThe Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Omen for the Age of TerrorThe Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Omen for the Age of Terror
Best Price: $8.90
I read this book 5 times over the course of several months because it combines technical depth...
Tankers Full of Trouble: The Perilous Journey of Alaskan CrudeTankers Full of Trouble: The Perilous Journey of Alaskan Crude
Best Price: $173.14
This was a very entertaining book that kept the readers interest from page one to the end. The...
Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor PhysicsFundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics
Best Price: $90.02
This new streamlined text offers a one-semester treatment of the essentials of how the fission...
The Firecracker BoysThe Firecracker Boys
Best Price: $63.00
With John Bolton as our renegade permanent representative to the UN, working for the US nuclear...

Fundamentals of Radiation Materials Science: Metals and AlloysFundamentals of Radiation Materials Science: Metals and Alloys
Best Price: $90.30
Radiation Materials Science teaches readers the fundamentals of the effects of radiation on...
Fallout: An American Nuclear TragedyFallout: An American Nuclear Tragedy
Best Price: $11.28
QCD and Collider Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)QCD and Collider Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology)
Best Price: $58.80
This book is for graduate students and researchers in elementary particle physics. It covers how...
Nuclear Power (Pelican)Nuclear Power (Pelican)
Best Price: $60.86
If you want to know more about nuclear power generation, this is the book to start with. It's...
Weak Interactions and Modern Particle TheoryWeak Interactions and Modern Particle Theory
Best Price: $10.17
A high-level, rigorous, and technical treatment of modern particle physics, this book was...

Nuclear Systems Volume 2: Elements Of Thermal DesignNuclear Systems Volume 2: Elements Of Thermal Design
Best Price: $116.97
Elements of thermal hydraulic design are examined in this volume. It also covers other...
Nuclear Energy Option: AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE 90'SNuclear Energy Option: AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE 90'S
The "The Nuclear Energy Option" is one of the best books I have read on a technical...
Reinventing Electric Utilities: Competition, Citizen Action, and Clean PowerReinventing Electric Utilities: Competition, Citizen Action, and Clean Power
Best Price: $5.75
Smeloff is an avowed leftist from the SMUD board of directors. His main claim to fame is...
Collision TheoryCollision Theory
Best Price: $27.90
A systematic description of the basic principles of collision theory, this graduate-level text...
Atom-Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications (Wiley Science Paperback Series)Atom-Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications (Wiley Science Paperback Series)
Best Price: $82.50
Atom Photon Interactions is an excellent text for atomic and optical physics. I refer back to...

Lectures on Ion-Atom Collisions: From Nonrelativistic to Relativistic Velocities (North-Holland Personal Library)Lectures on Ion-Atom Collisions: From Nonrelativistic to Relativistic Velocities (North-Holland Personal Library)
Best Price: $65.40
Atomic collisions offer some unique opportunities to study atomic structure and reaction...
Nuclear Disaster in the UralsNuclear Disaster in the Urals
Best Price: $14.22
This book presents a very plausible explanation of events surrounding a documented explosion at...
Radiation ShieldingRadiation Shielding
Best Price: $142.95
I have read 'Radiation Shielding' from cover to cover,and I must say that Shultis hit the nail...
Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection, 2nd EditionAtoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection, 2nd Edition
Best Price: $126.15
This book was most useful to me in calculating dose, it has a good breadth of the subject matter...
Scattering Theory: The Quantum Theory of Nonrelativistic Collisions (Dover Books on Engineering)Scattering Theory: The Quantum Theory of Nonrelativistic Collisions (Dover Books on Engineering)
Best Price: $16.90
Scattering theory is a notoriously difficult area in quantum mechanics. After looking several...

Power Shift: The Transition to Nuclear Power in the U.S. Submarine Force As Told by Those Who Did ItPower Shift: The Transition to Nuclear Power in the U.S. Submarine Force As Told by Those Who Did It
Best Price: $12.64
This is a collection of relatively unpolished interviews with a few interesting people who were...
The Politics and Technology of Nuclear ProliferationThe Politics and Technology of Nuclear Proliferation
Best Price: $20.95
When I first bought this book I figured that the only relevant material would be the science...
Superstring Theory: Volume 1, Introduction (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)Superstring Theory: Volume 1, Introduction (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
Best Price: $75.00
At one time volumes I and II of "Superstring theory" would have been essential reading...
Nuclear Reactor Engineering: Reactor systems engineering, Volume 2Nuclear Reactor Engineering: Reactor systems engineering, Volume 2
Best Price: $165.00
Review of the 3rd Edition, The book is considered one of the great text books and references in...
Heat Treatment of Gears: A Practical Guide for Engineers (06732G)Heat Treatment of Gears: A Practical Guide for Engineers (06732G)
Best Price: $172.00

Energy Studies, Second EditionEnergy Studies, Second Edition
Best Price: $59.80
I can not recommend this book as a useful resource to learn about energy. There are several...
The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case, Second EditionThe Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case, Second Edition
Best Price: $14.75
When reality passes fantasy! The only book I've purchased twice.
A Guide to Nuclear Power TechnologyA Guide to Nuclear Power TechnologyA Serious but not Ponderous Book about Nuclear EnergyA Serious but not Ponderous Book about Nuclear Energy
Best Price: $15.99
This Book had the promise of providing simple explanations of the science and issues related to...
The Swedish Nuclear Dilemma: Energy and the Environment (Resources for the Future)The Swedish Nuclear Dilemma: Energy and the Environment (Resources for the Future)
Best Price: $23.92
This is a strange mix of useful comments and a disastrous econometric exercise. In his attempt...
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