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Nuclear Implosions - The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System (Paperback) Loot Price: R951
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Nuclear Implosions - The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System (Paperback): Daniel Pope

Nuclear Implosions - The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System (Paperback)

Daniel Pope

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This book follows a small public agency in Washington State that undertook one of the most ambitious construction projects in the nation in the 1970s: the building of five large nuclear power plants. By 1983, delays and cost overruns, along with slowed growth of electricity demand, led to cancellation of two plants and a construction halt on two others. Moreover, the agency defaulted on $2.25 billion of municipal bonds, leading to a monumental court case that took nearly a decade to resolve fully. Daniel Pope sets this in the context of the postwar boom's ending, the energy shocks of the 1970s, a new restraint in forecasting demand, and shifting patterns of municipal finance. Nuclear Implosions also traces the entangling alliance between civilian nuclear energy and nuclear weapons and recounts a telling example of how the law has become a primary method of resolving disputes in a litigious society.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2011
First published: November 2010
Authors: Daniel Pope
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-17974-4
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Nuclear power industries
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LSN: 0-521-17974-2
Barcode: 9780521179744

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