Nuclear NM Summer Book Club

Nuclear NM Summer Book Club: "Nuclear in New Mexico," exploring the impact of nuclear technology on our state.

• End of summer book discussion:
  Sunday, 22 September 2024 at 3pm via Zoom.
  
• Summer of 2024:
  ANS Trinity Section is running a Summer Book Club again this year! Please join us in reading this unique book.
• Selection:
  Chain Reaction: A Story About Power in the Age of Climate Change, by Shawn Connors.
• Summary:
  The year is 2027. A 19-year-old science polymath, Amy Austin, takes on environmentalist and Academy Award-winning actor Josh Manning in a debate over the fate of a nuclear plant in rural Michigan. But all is not as it seems. Amy is building a new nuclear reactor. The technology is 30 years ahead - Small - Light - Safe - Powerful - and Affordable. The world energy market is controlled by some of the most powerful people on Earth, who start making moves ahead of the disruption they know Amy's reactor will cause. A Chain Reaction ripples around the globe. As an ecoterrorist cell moves against Amy, her loyal group of unlikely characters risks everything to protect and help her.
• Get the book:
  Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local libraries.
• A 2024 end-of-summer book discussion will be scheduled toward the end of August.
• Contact the PI&O chair, Carl Willis or 505-412-3277, for more information.

Previous reading selections for the Nuclear NM Summer Book Club:

• Summer 2023: Trinity, a Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb, by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm.
• Summer 2022: Pocketful Of Rockets: History And Stories Behind White Sands Missile Range, by Jim Eckles.
  Particularly recommended: Chapters 2, 7, 18, 23, and 26.
• Summer 2021: 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos, by Jennet Conant.