full

Nuclear power plant accidents

Harold Denton, a nuclear physicist and former Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, provides his perspective on three accidents in nuclear power generation: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima. There was no book selected for this meeting, but Nuclear energy what everyone needs to know is a good overview of the subject. (Recorded April 29, 2011)

Next Episode All Episodes Previous Episode

About the Podcast

Knox Pods

Podcasts of Knox County Public Library

Listen for free

RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Amazon Music Pocket Casts

Overcast

Castro

Goodpods

YouTube

About your hosts

Melissa Brenneman

Melissa listens to hours of podcasts on most days. She started the habit with the intention of taking long walks, but podcasts proved to be more addicting than exercise. She records, edits and mixes podcasts for the library.

Alan May

Alan May works as a librarian at Lawson McGhee Library. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama. In his spare time, he reads and writes poetry. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The New York Quarterly, The Hollins Critic, The Idaho Review, DIAGRAM, and others. He has published three books of poetry.