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 .p206 [[ https://www.isodope.com/radfuture | organization ]]
 .p209 [[ https://partofthething.com/ | Nick Touran ]] [[ https://whatisnuclear.com | What is Nuclear? ]]

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 .'''p219 NOTES'''


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Rad Future

The Untold Story of Nuclear Electricity and How it will Save the World

Isabelle Boemeke . 2025 . 333.7924 . Beaverton Lib


PART 1: A WHOLE NEW ERA

  • p003 ch01 THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE

  • p005 What Could Have Been

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PART 2: Alchemy

  • p019 ch2 HUMANS AND ENERGY

  • p019 Energy Is the Currency of the Universe

, International Atomic Energy Agency

  • p022 Energy Timeline

  • p029 ch3 FOSSIL FUEL's FINAL BOSS

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nuclear

0.3 m²

methane gas + CCS

1.3 m²

hydropower > 660MW

14 m²

Solar PV

19 m²

Coal pow0er + CCS

21 m²

Small hydropower < 360MW

33 m²

Onshore Wind

99 m²

PART 3 DIPLOMACY: FIGHTING A WORLD AGAINST NUCLEAR

  • p133 ch7 CHANGING TIDES

  • p133 Nuclear Before Environmental Aspects of Uranium Mining | Nukes

  • p134
  • p135
  • p136
  • p137 Atomic Fervor

  • p141 Mixed Feelings

  • p141
  • .p92 note p224 Ch04n47
  • p93 note p224 Ch04n48 p133
  • p143 The Antinuclear Movement

  • p147
  • p148
  • p148
  • p151 Grubby Hands

  • p151
  • p152
  • p152 .p75 note p223 Ch04n23
  • p154
  • p154
  • p158 ch08 THREE DECADES OF BAD ENERGY POLICY

  • p158 A Tale of Two Decarbonizations

  • p159
  • p160
  • p161
  • p161
  • p163
  • p163 The Land of Wine, Great Aesthetics, and Nuclear Electricity

  • p163
  • p165
  • p165 Who Killed NuclEnvironmental Aspects of Uranium Mining | ear Electricity?

  • p167
  • p167
  • p169
  • p63 note p222 Ch04n06
  • p171 ch9 VIBE SHIFT

  • p171
  • p171
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  • p175
  • p175
  • p176
  • p177
  • p177 .p42 note p221 Ch03n20
  • p178
  • p182
  • p183
  • p183
  • p185 Gender Gap

  • p187
  • p188 The Nuclear Renaissance

  • p193 Small Modular Reactors

  • p199 ch10 MANIFESTING A RAD FUTURE

  • p200 .p75 note p223 Ch04n23
  • p92 note p224 Ch04n47
  • p93 note p224 Ch04n48
  • p105 note p225 Ch05n13
  • p109 note p226 Ch06n02
  • p120 note p226 Ch06n11
  • p203 Nuclear Before Nukes

  • p206 organization

  • p209 Nick Touran What is Nuclear?

  • p213 GLOSSARY

  • p219 NOTES

  • p120 note p226 Ch06n13
  • p135 note p227 Ch07n02
  • p147 note p227 Ch07n03
  • p152 note p227 Ch07n09
  • p154 note p228 Ch07n11
  • p161 note p229 Ch09n04
  • p161 note p229 Ch09n07
  • p165 note p229 Ch09n12

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