This chapter responds to the charges in the statement of task that call for evaluating the waste management and disposal options for the various proposed advanced nuclear reactors. The committee ...

This chapter summarizes the findings on potential hepatic toxicity of jet-propulsion fuel 8 (JP-8) and related fuels presented in the National Research Council report Permissible Exposure Levels for ...

Fuel cells convert the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction of positively charged hydrogen ions with oxygen or another oxidizing agent. They differ from batteries ...

At the time of the Arab oil export embargo in the 1970s, the importing countries were beginning to ask themselves if there were alternatives to oil. In a number of countries, particularly the United ...