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Let's hope this clear-eyed, up-to-date tour of all things nuclear. . . . Sparks a renewed nationwide debate. <br>-- Wired <br> Provocative. . . . A fresh look at nuclear power [that asks] whether the threat of global warming has changed the calculus of nuclear risk. <br>-- The Washington Post Book World <br> Illuminating. . . . A picaresque, flat-out love song to the bad boy of the great American energy debate. <br>-- The Wall Street Journal <br> Engaging and unusual. <br>-- Foreign Affairs

Let's hope this clear-eyed, up-to-date tour of all things nuclear. . . . Sparks a renewed nationwide debate. --Wired Provocative. . . . A fresh look at nuclear power [that asks] whether the threat of global warming has changed the calculus of nuclear risk. --The Washington Post Book World Illuminating. . . . A picaresque, flat-out love song to the bad boy of the great American energy debate. --The Wall Street Journal Engaging and unusual. --Foreign Affairs Let's hope this clear-eyed, up-to-date tour of all things nuclear. . . . Sparks a renewed nationwide debate. Wired Provocative. . . . A fresh look at nuclear power [that asks] whether the threat of global warming has changed the calculus of nuclear risk. The Washington Post Book World Illuminating. . . . A picaresque, flat-out love song to the bad boy of the great American energy debate. The Wall Street Journal Engaging and unusual. Foreign Affairs There is by now a pretty long list of enviromentalists who used to be anti-nuke and are now in favor of it . . . If a new book called Power to Save the World is half as good as this Wall Street Journal review says it is, expect that list to get much, much longer. - New York Times Freakonomics blog by Stephen J. Dubner Illuminating . . . a picaresque, flat-out love song to the bad boy of the great American energy debate-as good a book as we're likely to get on a subject mired in political incorrectness. - Wall Street Journal In a vividly descriptive, exhaustively researched, and unfailingly lucid narrative, Cravens tracks the life cycle of uranium, tours nuclear facilities, and asks tough questions . . . Cravens' thorough inquiry dispels myths, clarifies science, and portrays an astonishing and ever more crucial hidden world. - Booklist, starred review Let's hope this clear-eyed, up-to-date tour of all things nuclear . . . sparks a renewed nationwide debate. - Wired Craven has submitted a thorough, persuasive report from the front lines of the world's energy and climate crises, illuminating for general readers the pros and cons of a highly misunderstood resource. - Publisher's Weekly Her presentation of these arguments is lucid and convincing, and her prose is lively and colorful . . . this is a sensible and important contribution to the dialog. - Library Journal Interesting and informative . . . if you are concerned about global warming and the damage caused by our consumption of fossil fuels, as Ms. Cravens is, you would do well to read this book . . . very readable . . . understandable to the lay person whileremaining technically rigorous. - East Hampton Star From the Hardcover edition.

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Gwyneth Cravens has written about science and public health for The New York Times, Harper's, and The Washington Post. She was an editor at The New Yorker and at Harper's, and has published three novels: The Black Death, Heart's Desire, and Love and Work. This is her first work of nonfiction.

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