文档介绍：AdVANCES iN
NUClEAR SCiENCE:
ANdTECHNOlOGY
VOLUME 26
AdVANCES iN
NUClEAR SCiENCE
ANd TECHNOlOGY
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Jeffery Lewins
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
Martin Becker
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
Portland, Oregon
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AdVANCES iN
NUClEAR SCiENCE
ANd TECHNOlOGY
VOLUME 26
Edited by
Jeffery Lewins
Cambridge University
Cambridge, England
and
Martin Becker
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
Portland, Oregon
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PREFACE
As we close on the Millennium we also approach a half-century of nuclear power. The major
peaceful application centres on the large-scale production of electricity but international
politics in the last year has shown that we have not left the origins in nuclear weapons
behind. Can we assess the future of nuclear technology in ing century?
Electricity remains the dominant role for nuclear technology, though we may recognise the
valuable contributions of radio-isotope work to biology, agriculture, disease control, medical
dia