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The Politics of Nuclear Power. A History of the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant.
David P. McCaffrey
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Paperback. Series: Risk, Governance and Society. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 433.
Several individuals noted the potentially important civilian uses of atomic energy shortly after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. That year J. Robert Oppenheimer told a national radio audience that "in the near future" it would be possible to generate profitable electric power from "controlled nuclear chain reaction units" (reactors). It was suggested that, after fIfteen to twenty-five years of development, mature nuclear technology could provide virtually inexhaustible, cheap energy given the abundance of nuclear fuel. Admiral Lewis Strauss, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, stated that atomic power would generate electricity "too cheap to meter" (A ... Read more
Several individuals noted the potentially important civilian uses of atomic energy shortly after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. That year J. Robert Oppenheimer told a national radio audience that "in the near future" it would be possible to generate profitable electric power from "controlled nuclear chain reaction units" (reactors). It was suggested that, after fIfteen to twenty-five years of development, mature nuclear technology could provide virtually inexhaustible, cheap energy given the abundance of nuclear fuel. Admiral Lewis Strauss, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, stated that atomic power would generate electricity "too cheap to meter" (A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
Series
Risk, Governance and Society
Number of Pages
269
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401054713
SKU
V9789401054713
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Ref
99-15
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