This book is intended for a wide range of readers who are concerned about the future of our country and the entire planet Earth. The experience humanity has accumulated over the past decades in dealing with both nuclear weapons and "peaceful nuclear energy" allows for a more objective assessment of the prospects for using nuclear energy. The literature available today in this field is extremely limited and is, for the most part, pro-nuclear in orientation. The small print runs of books that truthfully address nuclear issues (for example, A.V. Yablokov's *Nuclear Mythology*, 1997) make them inaccessible to a wide readership. This book is intended to expand the readership to some extent. The large volume of factual material it contains makes it suitable for use in scientific and technical research, as well as a textbook for students at universities, technical universities, technical colleges, and high school seniors.
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