In the period since first publication of this title, much has changed: the Cold War is over, nuclear arms production has decreased and there has been a marked growth in environmental awareness. However, the disaster at Chernobyl and the incidents at other plants around the world have shattered the image of a safe nuclear power. Nuclear waste dumping has polluted the environment and developing nuclear technology in the Third World poses further threats. In this revised and updated edition, Dr Caldicott defines for the 1990s the dangers of these practices and calls for a fight against them.