Fully updated in 2015, this book examines the debates surrounding nuclear power, an important non-renewable energy resource. It looks at why it is central to the debate about future power supplies because of its much smaller impact on global warming than fossil fuel power. Are the benefits of nuclear power outweighed by its environmental impacts? How does it compare with renewables as an economic alternative to fossil fuel power? Find out in this in Let's Discuss Nuclear Power!

Let's Discuss Energy is an innovative series of books that examines the issues and changing technologies that surround the use of renewable and non-renewable resources for world power needs. An excellent study tool for children at Key Stage 2.

This book features in the following series: Let's Discuss Energy Resources, Lets Discuss Energy Resources .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

The author, Louise Spilsbury, has written many books for children on a wide range of subjects. Louise Spilsbury, has written many books for children on a wide range of subjects.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Nuclear power as an energy resource
• 2: What is nuclear energy?
• 3: Nuclear fuel
• 4: How nuclear power stations work
• 5: Radioactive waste
• 6: Dealing with nuclear waste
• 7: Nuclear accidents
• 8: Other impacts of nuclear power
• 9: The cost of nuclear power
• 10: Encouraging nuclear power
• 11: Protesting against nuclear power
• 12: New nuclear technology
• 13: The future for nuclear power
• 14: Nuclear activity