Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System

ISBN-13: 9780521402538 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 304 str.

Daniel Pope

Opis

Nuclear Implosions tells the story of a state government agency s failed attempt in the 1970s to build five large nuclear power stations in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Facing huge cost overruns and long construction delays, the agency completed only one plant and found itself unable to repay a $2.25 billion of municipal bonds. These projects reflect the tangled relationships between American nuclear power and nuclear weaponry, the emerging era of limits, and the nation s troubled attempts to resolve conflicts through complex legal cases."

Recenzje

'Pope's important history might be relied upon to predict dubious prospects for nuclear power anywhere in the country, not just in the northwest.' Bruce Hevly, University of Washington

Spis treści

1. Background to fiasco; 2. WPPSS steps forward; 3. The next wave; 4. The construction morass; 5. Collapse; 6. Endgame; 7. Running toward an uncertain future.