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The discovery and exploitation of new sources of energy has been central to human progress from the early struggle for biological survival to today’s technological world. The first step was learning to control fire, with wood or other biomass as the fuel. This was followed by the harnessing of wind for ships and windmills, the use of water power from rivers, and—mostly much later—the exploitation of chemical energy from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas. Nuclear energy, which first emerged in the middle of the 20th century, is the latest energy source to be used on a large scale.
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(2004). The Motivation for Nuclear Energy. In: Nuclear Energy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26931-2_1
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