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Proceedings

You can order the proceedings of past CNS conferences or symposia by filling out this PDF form and returning it by mail to the address listed on the form. Please contact Caroline Rouben at (416) 977-6152 ext 21, via fax at (416) 979-8356, or send her e-mail via roubenc@cna.ca to determine current availability of the printed literature.

Books

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The following are recommended by the Canadian Nuclear Society but are not published by the CNS. To order copies, please follow the instructions next to each book.

Carbon, Max W., Nuclear Power: Villain or Victim? Our Most Misunderstood Source of Electricity. Pebble Beach Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-9658096-0-9. ...a new book which explains how electricity is made from nuclear energy in non-technical language the public and students can easily understand. It then compares the advantages and disadvantages of making electricity with nuclear energy versus making it with fossil fuels. Ordering information is available here.

Reynolds, Albert B., Bluebells and Nuclear Energy, Cogito Books, 1996. ISBN 0-944838-634. Written for anyone interested in nuclear energy, this book offers a complete explanation of how nuclear reactors work. Dr. Reynolds, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Virginia with a BS and ScD from MIT, offers thorough yet understandable descriptions of each step of the process used to generate nuclear energy. The reader learns how radiation is generated, how each of the current different models of nuclear reactors works, why current reactor designs are very safe, how the disposal of nuclear waste will be handled, and why nuclear energy will be the best source of energy for the future. Ordering information is available here.

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