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Nuclear Reactions - Documenting American Encounters with Nuclear Energy (Hardcover)
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Nuclear Reactions - Documenting American Encounters with Nuclear Energy (Hardcover)
Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
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Nuclear Reactions explores the nuclear consensus that emerged in
post-World War II America, characterized by widespread support for
a diplomatic and military strategy based on nuclear weapons and a
vision of economic growth that welcomed nuclear energy both for the
generation of electricity and for other peaceful and industrial
uses. Unease about the environmental consequences of nuclear energy
and weapons development became apparent by the early 1960s and led
to the first challenges to that consensus. The documents in this
collection address issues such as the arms race, "mutually assured
destruction," the emergence of ecosystems ecology and the
environmental movement, nuclear protests, and climate change. They
raise questions about how nuclear energy shaped-and continues to
shape-the contours of postwar American life. These questions
provide a useful lens through which to understand the social,
economic, and environmental tradeoffs embedded within American
choices about the use and management of nuclear energy.
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