Earth Is a Nuclear Planet is a book on nuclear energy unlike any other. It makes the reader feel like a genius by clearly explaining all the relevant basic science in a fun and entertaining way.Faced by the looming catastrophe of devastating climate change more and more environmentalists and climate scientists are turning to nuclear power as the cleanest safest and ultimately least costly technology for generating the electricity we all need. But there are many myths and conceptions about nuclear energy irresponsibly hyped by the sensational media which require to be understood debunked and cleared away.Earth Is a Nuclear Planet goes through all these myths and misconceptions carefully noting all the fallacies and misunderstandings which plague discussion of the energy options confronting humankind.Mike Conley and Tim Maloney two superbly talented popular writers have spent years questioning a select panel of leading scientists to arrive at a fresh and luminous understanding of the issues surrounding nuclear power. All their factual claims are documented with abundant citations which some readers will readily skip while others will follow them up. Every scientific claim made in the book has been checked and rechecked a dozen times by fully accredited experts.On the issue of nuclear safety Conley and Maloney pay special attention to the notorious accidents Three Mile Island Chernobyl and Fukushima identifying the misconceptions which prevail and spotlighting many surprising facts along the way.Fears of nuclear energy are often completely backward. For example should a person be more afraid of a radioactive material with a long halflife or a short halflife Antinuclear propaganda encourages more fear of the long halflife material. amp8220Its going to be radioactive for a million years Actually something that will continue to be radioactive for a long time means it isnamp8217t very radioactive right now. All other things being equal size of sample type of radiation mate