Mark Schauer Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources: 1.) Ferguson, Charles D. Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know.

Oxford: Oxford UP, 2011. Print. This source was useful because it gave interesting facts about nuclear energy. It was written for the modern person to understand. It gave us information that we need to know. It also had some good facts in it. 2.) Murray, Raymond LeRoy. Nuclear Energy; an Introduction to the Concepts, Systems, and Applications of Nuclear Processes. New York: Pergamon, 1975. Print. This source was very useful in explaining how nuclear energy works. It is a bit dated, but it goes very in-depth. It explains nuclear fission and how the energy is created. It has a lot of facts and pictures. It is a bit advanced, and prior knowledge would help with this book. 3.) Cravens, Gwyneth. Power to save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Print. This source was useful in explaining how nuclear energy could make the world a better place. It explains how it is a much cleaner source than other choices. It is also less expensive. 4.) Mahaffey, James A. Atomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power. New York: Pegasus, 2009. Print. This source was useful because it explains what will happen in the future of nuclear energy. It also explained what happened in the past. Using those details, it made some predictions about if nuclear energy will last and if anything can top it. 5.) Caldicott, Helen. Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer. New York: New, 2006. Print. Its always good to have a book that goes against the topic you are trying to support. Although this book gave some good negatives of nuclear energy, the benefits just outweigh the risks. I used some facts about the dangers of nuclear energy from this book. 6.) Bodansky, David. Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and Prospects. New York: Springer, 2004. Print. This book doesnt explain the exact processes like the other source does. This source explains the principles of nuclear power. This source was good for facts. 7.) Nuclear Energy. Bethesda, MD: Discovery Channel School, 2000. Print. This source was important because it showed a lot of pictures. It also is full of facts and useful information. Almost every topic is covered. 8.) Hore-Lacy, Ian. Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century: World Nuclear University Primer. London: World Nuclear UP, 2012. Print. This source was important because it explains how nuclear energy is used these days. It does not go into the history very much and it doesnt say what will happen in the future. It explains what we are doing with nuclear energy right now. 9.) The History of Nuclear Energy. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1985. Print. This source is very helpful in telling the history of nuclear energy. It went in-depth and explained how it was first used. The usage of atomic bombs influenced it being used for electricity. 10.) Tucker, William. Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Power Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odyssey. Savage, MD: Bartleby, 2008. Print. This source was helpful because it went in-depth about how nuclear energy can stop air pollution. Limited CO 2 emissions could really help the earth. This source praised nuclear energy a bit too much.

Secondary Sources: 1.) "55 Interesting Facts About Nuclear Power." Random History. N.p., 31 Aug. 2012. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. This website gave a lot of facts about nuclear energy. It gave facts good and bad. A lot of these facts were kind of repetitive, but they got the point across. 2.) Lai, Leslie, and Kristen Morrison. "Nuclear Energy Fact Sheet." Waging Peace. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2012. This source was important because I learned more things about nuclear energy. It listed some important facts I did not know before.