"This is an important and very informative book ? It makes no claim to having a definitive answer to the 50-year-old question in the title. Instead, it aims to explain, to the (very) intelligent layman and to scientists in other fields, the complex problems that have to be addressed in trying to find the answer." Int. J. Radiation Biology, 2000 "? the book may well achieve its aim to stimulate informed discussion of the many pressing issues surrounding nuclear energy." Science & Public Affairs, 2000

• Nuclear electricity - an aide memoire; preventing climate change - the role of nuclear energy; world energy and climate in the next century; energy efficiency is the key; problems and prospects for nuclear power in India; energy in a changing world; safety of nuclear power - some observations; the nature and management of nuclear wastes; the storage of nuclear wastes; spent fuel management; the nuclear fuel cycle - does reprocessing make sense?; why reprocess? - a UK case study; the disposal of separated plutonium stocks; the disposal of plutonium; fast neutron and accelerator-driven reactors - the energy amplifier; the risk of proliferation and international safeguards; the risk of proliferation - the role of international agencies.

"This is an important and very informative book ? It makes no claim to having a definitive answer to the 50-year-old question in the title. Instead, it aims to explain, to the (very) intelligent layman and to scientists in other fields, the complex problems that have to be addressed in trying to find the answer." Int. J. Radiation Biology, 2000 "? the book may well achieve its aim to stimulate informed discussion of the many pressing issues surrounding nuclear energy." Science & Public Affairs, 2000

• Nuclear electricity - an aide memoire; preventing climate change - the role of nuclear energy; world energy and climate in the next century; energy efficiency is the key; problems and prospects for nuclear power in India; energy in a changing world; safety of nuclear power - some observations; the nature and management of nuclear wastes; the storage of nuclear wastes; spent fuel management; the nuclear fuel cycle - does reprocessing make sense?; why reprocess? - a UK case study; the disposal of separated plutonium stocks; the disposal of plutonium; fast neutron and accelerator-driven reactors - the energy amplifier; the risk of proliferation and international safeguards; the risk of proliferation - the role of international agencies.

"This is an important and very informative book ? It makes no claim to having a definitive answer to the 50-year-old question in the title. Instead, it aims to explain, to the (very) intelligent layman and to scientists in other fields, the complex problems that have to be addressed in trying to find the answer." Int. J. Radiation Biology, 2000 "? the book may well achieve its aim to stimulate informed discussion of the many pressing issues surrounding nuclear energy." Science & Public Affairs, 2000

• Nuclear electricity - an aide memoire; preventing climate change - the role of nuclear energy; world energy and climate in the next century; energy efficiency is the key; problems and prospects for nuclear power in India; energy in a changing world; safety of nuclear power - some observations; the nature and management of nuclear wastes; the storage of nuclear wastes; spent fuel management; the nuclear fuel cycle - does reprocessing make sense?; why reprocess? - a UK case study; the disposal of separated plutonium stocks; the disposal of plutonium; fast neutron and accelerator-driven reactors - the energy amplifier; the risk of proliferation and international safeguards; the risk of proliferation - the role of international agencies.