Hostages of Each Other: The Transformation of Nuclear Safety since Three Mile Island

Rees, Joseph V. with letter signed by Zack T. Pate, INPO CEO

ISBN 10: 0226706877 / ISBN 13: 9780226706870

Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1994

Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1994. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Zack T. Pate on Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) letterhead and dated July 15, 1994. Following the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) was created to promote the highest levels of safety and reliability - to promote excellence - in the operation of commercial nuclear power plants. Dr. Pate served in leadership roles at INPO for 18 years (14 years as CEO), starting in 1998. The letter recommends this book to all INPO employees. NEW in a NEW dust jacket that shows just a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NOT price clipped. NO fading, creases, chips, or tears. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. From the publisher: "Rees offers the first in-depth account of the extraordinary transformation in the safety standards, operations, and management of the nation's nuclear facilities spurred by the accident at Three Mile Island. Detailing the surprising success of self-regulation within the nuclear industry, his book reveals the possibilities for effective communitarian action." Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright red on the spine. . With typed letter signed by Zack T. Pate . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 238pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 027595

Synopsis:

The near meltdown in 1979 at Three Mile Island plunged the nuclear power industry into a crisis of confidence that threatened its existence. This study shows the reader how the industry managed to save itself through a transformation in the safety standards, operation and management of nuclear facilities in America. Rees provides a picture of the state of nuclear safety before disaster shook the industry into action. He documents the emergence of an industry group - the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations - and reveals how this industry organization became a major force behind improvements in nuclear safety. In the account of INPO's beginnings and its functions, industry self-regulation is examined. For Rees, what happened for the nuclear power industry suggests a newly developed form of regulation, communitarian regulation, that has implications for the role of private and public control of other industries.

About the Author: Joseph V. Rees is assistant professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hostages of Each Other: The Transformation ...
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New condition
Dust Jacket Condition: New dust jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Printing of the First Edition.