Contents
Unit 1 Nuclear Science
Text A How Nuclear Radiation Works
Text B Benefits of Nuclear Science
Text C 10 Top Myths about Nuclear Energy
Unit 2 Nuclear Technology
Text A Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Power
Text B Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy
Text C TOP 10 Things You Love (But Didn’t Know) about Nuclear Technology
Text A Uranium Resources
Text B Uranium Mining
Text C The Mystery of the Rays
Unit 4 Nuclear Power Plants
Text A How a Nuclear Power Plant Works
Text B Top 10 Largest Nuclear Power Plants
Text C The World’s Worst Nuclear Power Disasters
Unit 5 Nuclear Medicine
Text A How Nuclear Medicine Works
Text B Uses of Nuclear Medicine
Text C How Radiation Isn’t Killing You
Unit 6 Industrial Applications
Text A Industrial Applications
Text B Smoke Detectors and Health
Text C Russian Nuclear Agency Builds Industrial Metal 3D Printers!
Unit 7 Nuclear Pollution
Text A The Environmental Impacts of Uranium Mining and Milling
Text B Radioactive Waste
Text C Chinese Nuclear Scientist: Deng Jiaxian
Unit 8 Nuclear Management
Text A Main Approaches to Radioactive Waste Disposal
Text B Five Steps to Prevent Another Fukushima
Text C Some Organizations for Nuclear Regulation
Keys to the Exercises & Chinsese Versions of the Texts
Appendix I:核领域纪事年表
Appendix II:Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms(1)
Appendix II:Glossary of Nuclear Science Terms(2)
Appendix III:化学元素名称中英对照表
Appendix IV:核专业组织机构名称及网址