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The Nuclear Power Decisions - British Policies, 1953-78 (Paperback)
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The Nuclear Power Decisions - British Policies, 1953-78 (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Energy Resources
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Originally published in 1980. More so than any other energy
resource, nuclear power has the capacity to provide much of our
energy needs but is highly controversial. This book discusses the
major British decisions in the civil nuclear field, and the way
they were made, between 1953 and 1978. It spans the period between
the decision to construct Calder Hall - claimed as the world's
first nuclear power station - and the Windscale Inquiry - claimed
as the world's most thorough study of a nuclear project. For the
period up to 1974 this involves a study of the internal processes
of British central government. The private issues include the
technical selection of nuclear reactors, the economic arguments
about nuclear power and the political clashes between institutions
and individuals. The public issues concern nuclear safety and the
environment and the rights and opportunities for individuals and
groups to protest about nuclear development. The book demonstrates
that British civil nuclear power decision making had many
shortcomings and concludes that it was hampered by outdated
political and administrative attitudes and machinery and that some
of the central issues in the nuclear power debate were
misunderstood by the decision makers themselves.
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