Poisoned Power: Table of Contents (Expanded)


                             TABLE OF CONTENTS



     Foreward to the 1979 Printing
          Violating the Inalienable Right to Life
          Revolt of the Guinea Pigs
          "But we need the power . . ."
          How to Make Sense of "Millirems" and "Picocuries"
          Curies, Microcuries, and Picocuries
          From Curies and Picocuries to Rems and Millirems
          Summary: The Important Questions

     Foreword, by Mike Gravel, U.S. Senator from Alaska

     Introduction: The Nuclear Juggernaut
          The Poison
          The Power
          The Alternatives
          The Massive Hoax
          Some Valuable Clues
          What You Must Do
          We Are Optimistic

     Chapter 1: Nuclear Reactors to Generate Electricity
          Water-Moderated Reactors
          Breeder Reactors
          Suggested Reading

     Chapter 2: How Radiation from Atomic Energy Programs Gets to You
                 --What it Does to You
          (a) External versus internal radiation
          (b) Concentration in organs
          (c) The role of chemical similarity between elements
          (d) The role of half-life of the radioactive nuclide
          (e) Whole body radiation versus partial body radiation
          (f) Age an important factor
          (g) Other radiations: Alpha particles, "Hot" particles, Plutonium

     Chapter 3: How Radiation Produces Disease and Hereditary Alterations
          Hereditary Alterations
          What Kinds of Genetic Diseases?

     Chapter 4: Is Any Radiation "Safe"?
          A Multi-Billion Dollar Industry on a Dangerous Premise
          Faith Is Not Justified
          "No Effect Observed"
          The Careful Studies Required to Observe Effects

     Chapter 5: Promises, Promises

     Chapter 6: How Safe Are Nuclear Reactors?
          Routine Operations
          Accidents In Present-Day Reactors
          Accidents In Fast-Breeder Reactors

     Chapter 7: Nuclear Electricity and The Citizen's Rights
          The Constitutionally Questionable Price-Anderson Act

     Chapter 8: The Nuclear Legacy--Radioactive Wastes and Plutonium
          Waste disposal practices
          "Everything But the Squeal"
          Plutonium: The Ultimate Hazard
          The Safeguards Problem

     Chapter 9: Alternatives Available to Us
          The Fundamental Question: How Much Power?
          Clean Fossil-Fuel Plants
          Power Sources for the Future
          Energy Efficiency: Our Largest Energy Supply

     Chapter 10: What Can Citizens Do About Nuclear Electricity?
          Recommendation for a Moratorium On New Nuclear Electricity Plants
          The Fastest Way to a Moratorium

     Chapter 11: Must We Hold Out for The "Cold Corpses"?
          Radiation Standards: How They Should Have Been Handled

     Chapter 12: Toward An Adversary System of Scientific Inquiry

     Chapter 13: The Ultimate Issue -- Conversion or Ecocide
          The Promotional-Profit Incentive
          Limited Victories
          Conversion

     Appendix I: Nuclear Power Questions and Answers
          Setting Permissible Doses of Radiation
          Natural Radiation
          The Linear Theory--Damage Is Directly Proportional To The Dose
          Disparity of Estimates on Radiation Risks
          Safety Factor in Reactors
          Price-Anderson Act--Insurance Against Personal and Property Damage
              from Nuclear Accident
          "Clean" Nuclear Plants vs. "Dirty" Fossil Fueled Plants
          Scientific Objectivity and Radiation Damage
          Why So Much Fuss Over Such a Little Radiation from Nuclear Plants?
          Is Nuclear Power the Only Answer to Future Needs?
          Environmental Considerations with Nuclear Power Plants
          Informing the Public on Nuclear Power
          Who Are the Critics of Nuclear Power?

     Appendix II: Moratorium Activists
          Moratorium Proposals

     Appendix III: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

     Appendix IV: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

     Appendix V: When Experts Disagree, Which Ones Shall We Believe?
          Proposed: A Public Radiation Debate
               The Proposal
               The Need

     Appendix VI: Nuclear Power and Alternatives

     Appendix VII: Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors in the United States

     Index