The demise of nuclear energy? : lessons for democratic control of technology / Joseph G. Morone, Edward J. Woodhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morone, Joseph G.

Contributor:

Woodhouse, Edward J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear power plants--Risk assessment--United States.

Nuclear power plants.

Nuclear power plants--Risk assessment.

Nuclear energy.

Decision making.

United States.

Nuclear energy--United States--Decision making.

Physical Description:

xii, 172 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1989]

Summary:

Nuclear power once stood for a bright and exciting future, a tangible symbol of hope and optimism in the postwar era. That began as the dream of a handful of scientists working in wartime laboratories grew into one of the most ambitious technological efforts of the second half of the twentieth century. In scale, expense, technical challenge, and organizational complexity, it was comparable to the Apollo space program. But the outcome could not have been more different.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0300044488

0300044496

OCLC:

18739652