I highly recommend William T. Vollmann's Carbon Ideologies, Volume One for a literary appraisal of the viability of nuclear energy as an alternative to carbon-b

I highly recommend William T. Vollmann's Carbon Ideologies, Volume One for a literary appraisal of the viability of nuclear energy as an alternative to carbon-based fuels. Normalization on the Rocks - page 499 in my hard copy - provides food for thought in any discussion of government "safety standards" after the Fukushima disaster.