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Conservation Fallout: Nuclear Protest At Diablo Canyon
John Wills
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Description for Conservation Fallout: Nuclear Protest At Diablo Canyon
Hardcover. Vehement, widespread opposition accompanied the rise of the US nuclear industry in the 1960s and 1970s. This book examines one of the most controversial atomic projects of the period: Pacific Gas and Electric Company's decision to build its premier nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, a biologically rich part of the central California coastline. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPL; JPWF; KNBN; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Vehement, widespread opposition accompanied the rise of the U.S. nuclear industry during the 1960s and 1970s. In ""Conservation Fallout"", John Wills examines one of the most controversial atomic projects of the period: Pacific Gas and Electric Company's decision to build its premier nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, a relatively unsettled, biologically rich, and especially scenic part of the central California coastline. Two competing visions of California emerged while the plant underwent construction. Environmentalists used Diablo as a symbol of impending ecological doomsday, while PG&E envisioned it as the model that would usher in a new age of energy production. ... Read more
Vehement, widespread opposition accompanied the rise of the U.S. nuclear industry during the 1960s and 1970s. In ""Conservation Fallout"", John Wills examines one of the most controversial atomic projects of the period: Pacific Gas and Electric Company's decision to build its premier nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, a relatively unsettled, biologically rich, and especially scenic part of the central California coastline. Two competing visions of California emerged while the plant underwent construction. Environmentalists used Diablo as a symbol of impending ecological doomsday, while PG&E envisioned it as the model that would usher in a new age of energy production. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Reno, United States
ISBN
9780874176803
SKU
V9780874176803
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Ref
99-3
About John Wills
John Wills is a lecturer in modern American history at the University of Kent. He has published numerous articles on American atomic issues and is co-author of Invention of the Park: Recreational Landscapes from the Garden of Eden to Disney's Magic Kingdom (2005).
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