Info. Sources on Nuclear Energy in General

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Grolier Online database. Library → NCWiseOwl → High School Zone → Grolier Online → type in Nuclear Energy. First entry is good.

To information presented by the nuclear industry

http://www.nei.org/

And information presented by the Union of Concerned Scientists, which is more anti-nuclear

http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/nuclear_power/nuclear-power-in-a-warming-world.pdf The brief Executive Summary, just a few pages into the document, is useful.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Library → Gale Literary and History Databases → Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center . Type in “nuclear energy.” Be sure to check who the author is; some articles are just editorials to newspapers, but others are quite authoritative.

Info. Sources on Nuclear Waste in General

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Grolier Online database. Library → NCWiseOwl → High School Zone → Grolier Online → type in Nuclear Waster.

To information presented by the nuclear industry

http://www.nei.org/keyissues/nuclearwastedisposal/

And information presented by the major environmental information clearinghouse

http://www.nirs.org/factsheets/hlrw-nir.pdf

Information Sources on Chernobyl.

Grolier Online database. Library → NCWiseOwl → High School Zone → Grolier Online → type in Chernobyl and go to first entry. Also click on tabs at top of Search Results page for “websites” (two good ones) and “magazines.” Under “magazines,” see the second article.

Information Sources on Three Mile Island.

Grolier Online database. Library → NCWiseOwl → High School Zone → Grolier Online → type in Three Mile Island and go to first entry. Also click on tabs at top of Search Results page for “websites” (see first two) and “magazines.” Under “magazines,” see especially entry # 3, listed here:
3. Motavalli, Jim, "LIVING WITH RADIATION." E - The Environmental Magazine , Jul/Aug2007, Vol 18 Issue 4, p35

Grolier Online database. Also has information on the atomic bomb.

Information on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm (U.S. Government Dept. of Energy sponsored)

Long-term effects from Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/effects16.shtml (National Science Foundation sponsored)