Nuclear energy now : why the time has come for the world's most misunderstood energy source / Alan M. Herbst, George W. Hopley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbst, Alan M., 1964-

Contributor:

Hopley, George W., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear industry--United States.

Nuclear industry.

United States.

Energy policy--United States.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2007]

Summary:

Alan M. Herbst (New York, NY) has 20 years' experience in energy consulting and is a principal of Utilis Energy, a strategic consulting firm based in New York. He has an MBA in finance and international business from New York University's Stern School of Business. George W. Hopley (New York, NY) is Associate Director of commodity research at Barclays Capital in New York, and has served as senior director of research and analysis for Duke Energy in Houston, Texas, a director of market research at Enron North America, and an economist at PIRA Energy Group, N.Y.

Contents:

From warheads to washing machines : post-World war II nuclear development

The nuclear paradigm shift

A call to action

Nuclear power's growing global footprint

No need to wear a lead suit : nuclear safety works

Nuclear power : low cost portal to U.S. energy security.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.

ISBN:

9780470051368

0470051361

OCLC:

76074044