Poisoned Power: Table of Contents (Expanded)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

( Basic ToC )

Foreward to the 1979 Printing
Violating the Inalienable Right to Life
Revolt of the Guinea Pigs
"But we need the power . . ."
How to Make Sense of "Millirems" and "Picocuries"
Curies, Microcuries, and Picocuries
From Curies and Picocuries to Rems and Millirems
Summary: The Important Questions

Foreword, by Mike Gravel, U.S. Senator from Alaska

Introduction : The Nuclear Juggernaut

The Poison
The Power
The Alternatives
The Massive Hoax
Some Valuable Clues
What You Must Do
We Are Optimistic


Chapter 1 : Nuclear Reactors to Generate Electricity
Water-Moderated Reactors
Breeder Reactors
Suggested Reading


Chapter 2 : How Radiation from Atomic Energy Programs Gets to You
                  —What it Does to You
(a) External versus internal radiation
(b) Concentration in organs
(c) The role of chemical similarity between elements
(d) The role of half-life of the radioactive nuclide
(e) Whole body radiation versus partial body radiation
(f) Age an important factor
(g) Other radiations: Alpha particles, "Hot" particles, Plutonium


Chapter 3 : How Radiation Produces Disease and Hereditary Alterations
Hereditary Alterations
What Kinds of Genetic Diseases?


Chapter 4 : Is Any Radiation "Safe"?
A Multi-Billion Dollar Industry on a Dangerous Premise
Faith Is Not Justified
"No Effect Observed"
The Careful Studies Required to Observe Effects


Chapter 5 : Promises, Promises

Chapter 6 : How Safe Are Nuclear Reactors?
Routine Operations
Accidents In Present-Day Reactors
Accidents In Fast-Breeder Reactors


Chapter 7 : Nuclear Electricity and The Citizen's Rights
The Constitutionally Questionable Price-Anderson Act


Chapter 8 : The Nuclear Legacy—Radioactive Wastes and Plutonium
Waste disposal practices
"Everything But the Squeal"
Plutonium: The Ultimate Hazard
The Safeguards Problem


Chapter 9 : Alternatives Available to Us
The Fundamental Question: How Much Power?
Clean Fossil-Fuel Plants
Power Sources for the Future
Energy Efficiency: Our Largest Energy Supply


Chapter 10 : What Can Citizens Do About Nuclear Electricity?
Recommendation for a Moratorium On New Nuclear Electricity Plants
The Fastest Way to a Moratorium


Chapter 11 : Must We Hold Out for The "Cold Corpses"?
Radiation Standards: How They Should Have Been Handled


Chapter 12 : Toward An Adversary System of Scientific Inquiry

Chapter 13 : The Ultimate Issue—Conversion or Ecocide
The Promotional-Profit Incentive
Limited Victories
Conversion


Appendix I : Nuclear Power Questions and Answers
Setting Permissible Doses of Radiation
Natural Radiation
The Linear Theory—Damage Is Directly Proportional To The Dose
Disparity of Estimates on Radiation Risks
Safety Factor in Reactors
Price-Anderson Act—
                  Insurance Against Personal and Property
                  Damage from Nuclear Accident
"Clean" Nuclear Plants vs. "Dirty" Fossil Fueled Plants
Scientific Objectivity and Radiation Damage
Why So Much Fuss Over Such a Little Radiation from Nuclear Plants?
Is Nuclear Power the Only Answer to Future Needs?
Environmental Considerations with Nuclear Power Plants
Informing the Public on Nuclear Power
Who Are the Critics of Nuclear Power?


Appendix II : Moratorium Activists
Moratorium Proposals

Appendix III : Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Appendix IV : Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Appendix V : When Experts Disagree, Which Ones Shall We Believe?
Proposed: A Public Radiation Debate
The Proposal
The Need

Appendix VI : Nuclear Power and Alternatives

Appendix VII : Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors in the United States

Index