Zimmer : The Movement That Defeated a Nuclear Power Plant / Alyssa S. McClanahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClanahan, Alyssa S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear power plants--Ohio.

Nuclear power plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2025]

Summary:

In 1969, a combination of utility companies announced they would build a 395 million nuclear power plant in Moscow, Ohio, about thirty miles southeast of Cincinnati.Named after the president of Cincinnati Gas and Electric (CG&E), the William H.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. "More Economical Power" CG&amp

E's Nuclear Power Plant

Chapter 2. "Every Single Dose of Radiation Carries a Finite Risk" Protest Begins

Chapter 3. "The Public Has to Make the Decisions" The City and Zimmer

Chapter 4. "Not Another Harrisburg" Three Mile Island

Chapter 5. "The Dirtiest Plant I've Ever Seen" Zimmer's Whistleblowers

Chapter 6. "It's Time to Stop Bailing the Utilities Out" Ratepayers against Zimmer

Chapter 7. "It Was Like a Dam Breaking" A Coalition against Zimmer

Conclusion: The End of Zimmer

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Illustrations.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-9859-0249-4

1-9859-0247-8

OCLC:

1511133505