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131217s2014 enk ob 001 0 eng d |
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NT |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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pn |
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NT |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780199344581 |
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| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TK9153 |
| Item number |
.W499 2014 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NTA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Fox, Michael H. |
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Author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Why we need nuclear power : |
| Remainder of title |
the environmental case / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Michael H. Fox. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford ; |
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New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, USA, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
(c)2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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1 online resource. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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computer |
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c |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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online resource |
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rdacarrier |
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data file |
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rda |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Makes a case for nuclear energy as a clean-energy solution."-- |
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| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Machine generated contents note: -- |
| Title |
Table of Contents -- |
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Introduction -- |
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Part 1 Global Warming and Energy Production -- |
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1 Global climate change: Real or myth? -- |
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What is the debate about? -- |
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The IPCC and International Conventions -- |
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The greenhouse effect -- |
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Skeptical politicians and pundits -- |
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Skeptical scientists -- |
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Historical temperature and greenhouse gas record -- |
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Last 10,000 years of climate -- |
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the Holocene -- |
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Recent changes in temperature and CO2 -- |
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Melting glaciers and rising seas -- |
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Models -- |
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Response to Singer and Avery -- |
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Predictions of future global warming and consequences -- |
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Sea level and acidification -- |
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Global weirding -- |
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2 Where our Energy Comes From -- |
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A brief history of energy -- |
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Coal -- |
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Oil and natural gas -- |
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Uranium -- |
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How much energy do we use and where does it come from? -- |
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World energy usage -- |
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What can be done to reduce our carbon-intensive energy economy? -- |
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3 The Good, Bad and Ugly of Coal and Gas -- |
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Coal -- |
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Anatomy of a coal-fired plant -- |
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Carbon dioxide emissions and other pollutants -- |
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Mining and health hazards -- |
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How much is there? 50 -- |
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Carbon Capture and Storage -- |
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Natural Gas -- |
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How much is there? -- |
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Greenhouse gas emissions -- |
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Fracking -- |
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4 The Siren song of renewable energy -- |
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Solar -- |
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Photovoltaic (PV) solar power -- |
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) -- |
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Solar heating -- |
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Limitations of solar power -- |
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Wind -- |
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Limitations of Wind Power -- |
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Summary -- |
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5 Back to the Future: Nuclear Power -- |
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Anatomy of a reactor -- |
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Advantages of nuclear power -- |
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Baseload power 82 -- |
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Greenhouse gas emission -- |
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Location and footprint -- |
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Cost -- |
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Subsidies for nuclear and renewables -- |
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Advanced Reactor Technology -- |
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Can nuclear replace coal? -- |
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Arguments against nuclear power -- |
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Part 2 Radiation and its Biological Effects -- |
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6 The world of the atom -- |
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What is radiation? -- |
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Black body radiation -- |
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the quantum -- |
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The nuclear atom -- |
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The quantum atom -- |
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The nucleus -- |
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Radioactivity: decay processes -- |
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Fission -- |
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Summary -- |
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7 How dangerous is radiation? -- |
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Interactions of Radiation with Matter -- |
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Electromagnetic radiation (photon) interactions -- |
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Charged particle interactions -- |
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Neutron interactions -- |
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What is a dose of radiation? -- |
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Effects of radiation on DNA and cells -- |
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How does radiation cause cancer? -- |
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What are the risks? -- |
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Death from radiation -- |
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Cancer from radiation -- |
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Hereditary effects of radiation -- |
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How bad is plutonium? -- |
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Summing up -- |
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8 What comes naturally and not so naturally -- |
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Natural Background Radiation -- |
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Cosmic radiation -- |
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Primordial terrestrial radiation -- |
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Medical exposure -- |
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Part 3 Risks of Nuclear Power -- |
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9 Nuclear Waste -- |
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What is nuclear waste? -- |
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The long and the short of waste storage -- |
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Yucca Mountain -- |
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) -- |
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Recycling spent nuclear fuel -- |
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Making new fuel from recycled "waste" -- |
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Summing up -- |
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10 About those accidents -- |
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The Scare, March 16, 1979 -- |
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Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979 -- |
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How the accident happened -- |
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Consequences of TMI -- |
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Chernobyl, April 26, 1986 -- |
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How the accident happened -- |
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The hazardous radioisotopes -- |
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Health consequences -- |
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Environmental consequences -- |
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A trip to Chernobyl -- |
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Consequences for nuclear power -- |
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Fukushima, March 11, 2011 -- |
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How the accident happened -- |
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Health and environmental consequences -- |
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Consequences for nuclear power -- |
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Public perception of risks from nuclear power -- |
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11 The Quest for Uranium -- |
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Mining for uranium -- |
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Shinkolobwe -- |
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Shiprock -- |
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Milling -- |
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In Situ Recovery -- |
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Enrichment -- |
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Fuel fabrication -- |
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World resources of uranium -- |
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Megatons to Megawatts -- |
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Is there enough uranium for a nuclear renaissance? -- |
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Breeder reactors -- |
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Thorium -- |
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Summary -- |
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12 Now What? -- |
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Myth 1: Radiation is extremely dangerous and we don't understand it -- |
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Myth 2: There is no solution to the nuclear waste produced by nuclear power -- |
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Myth 3: Nuclear power is unsafe and nuclear accidents have killed hundreds of thousands of people -- |
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Myth 4: Uranium will run out too soon and mining it generates so much carbon dioxide that it loses its carbon-free advantage -- |
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Myth 5: Nuclear power is so expensive it can't survive in the marketplace -- |
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Afterword -- |
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Appendix A: Global warming -- |
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Earth's energy balance: -- |
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Radiative forcing -- |
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The emission scenarios of the IPCC special report on emissions scenarios (SRES) -- |
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Appendix B Glossary of terms, definitions and units -- |
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Appendix C Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations -- |
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Appendix D Selected Nobel prizes -- |
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Index. |
| 530 ## - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
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| COPYRIGHT INFORMATION |
COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Nuclear energy |
| General subdivision |
Environmental aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Global warming |
| General subdivision |
Prevention. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Nuclear industry |
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Safety measures. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Nuclear industry |
| General subdivision |
Accidents. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Radioactive waste disposal. |
| 655 #1 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Electronic Books. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=675361&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518">https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=675361&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518</a> |
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Click to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) |
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EBSCO |
| Classification part |
TK |
| PUBLICATION YEAR |
2014 |
| LOCATION |
ONLINE |
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NFIC |
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Cynthia Snell |
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1 |
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Cynthia Snell |