Nuclear portraits : communities, the environment, and public policy / edited by Laurel Sefton MacDowell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MacDowell, Laurel Sefton, 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear industry--Social aspects.

Nuclear industry.

Nuclear industry--Environmental aspects.

Nuclear industry--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Summary:

"In the twenty-first century, nuclear energy has become a hotly contested issue. In the face of climate change, and the search for alternative forms of energy, nuclear power continues to affect the lives of communities around the world. In Nuclear Portraits, scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia demonstrate the complexity, controversy, contradictions, and dangers that surround many aspects of the nuclear industry. The resulting local, regional, national, and international concerns that arise, such as the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, call into question the optimism espoused by the nuclear industry. We live in a world with more nuclear nations than ever before and energy policy is central to the mounting global concern about climate change. The innovative essays found in Nuclear Portraits will open your eyes to the realities of nuclear energy, thereby allowing you to decide for yourself whose side you are on."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Keep It Secret: The Environmental Effects of Nuclear Armament in the Soviet Union and the United States / Tuomas Räsänen Räsänen, Tuomas 24

2 The Face of the Earth, the Shadow of the Bomb: Nuclear War and the First International Environmental Conference, "Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth," Princeton, New Jersey, 1955 / Fred Waage Waage, Fred 63

3 Experts at Risk: Military Secrets and Italian Radioecology around the US Naval Nuclear Installation on La Maddalena / Davide Orsini Orsini, Davide 94

4 The Calvert Cliffs Campaign, 1967-1971: Protecting the Public's Right to Knowledge / Andrew Ramey Ramey, Andrew 121

5 From Pripyat to Paris, from Grassroots Memories to Globalized Knowledge Production: The Politics of Chernobyl Fallout / Susanne Bauer Bauer, Susanne, Karena Kalmbach Kalmbach, Karena, Tatiana Kasperski Kasperski, Tatiana 149

6 Permanence, Justice, and Nuclear Waste at Prairie Island / James W. Feldman Feldman, James W. 190

7 Nuclear Waste Management and Nuclear Power: A Tale of Two Essential US Department of Energy Sites in Idaho and New Mexico / Michael Greenberg Greenberg, Michael, Henry Mayer Mayer, Henry, Charles W. Powers Powers, Charles W., David Kosson Kosson, David 217

8 Port Hope Burning: The Trail of Eldorado, the Uranium Medical Research Centre, and Community Tension over Scientific Uncertainty / David Elijah Bell Bell, David Elijah, Marissa Zappora Bell Bell, Marissa Zappora 238

9 "Nuclear Gypsies" in Fukushima before and after 3/11 / Paul Jobin Jobin, Paul 274.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442648616

1442648619

9781442626294

1442626291

OCLC:

961155394