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Demise of Nuclear Energy?: Lessons for Democratic Control of Technology (Yale Fastback Series) - Hardcover

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9780300044485: Demise of Nuclear Energy?: Lessons for Democratic Control of Technology (Yale Fastback Series)

Synopsis

Looks at the history of nuclear reactors, discusses the process of technological decision making, and examines the political reasons for nuclear power failure

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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.

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