UID:
edocfu_9959234682602883
Format:
1 online resource (xix, 282 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-17262-4
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0-511-39205-2
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1-281-37053-3
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9786611370534
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0-511-39083-1
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0-511-39414-4
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0-511-39479-9
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0-511-39336-9
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0-511-51165-5
Content:
This book follows a small public agency in Washington State that undertook one of the most ambitious construction projects in the nation in the 1970s: the building of five large nuclear power plants. By 1983, delays and cost overruns, along with slowed growth of electricity demand, led to cancellation of two plants and a construction halt on two others. Moreover, the agency defaulted on $2.25 billion of municipal bonds, leading to a monumental court case that took nearly a decade to resolve fully. Daniel Pope sets this in the context of the postwar boom's ending, the energy shocks of the 1970s, a new restraint in forecasting demand, and shifting patterns of municipal finance. Nuclear Implosions also traces the entangling alliance between civilian nuclear energy and nuclear weapons and recounts a telling example of how the law has become a primary method of resolving disputes in a litigious society.
Note:
Includes index.
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Background to fiasco -- WPPSS steps forward -- The second wave -- The construction morass -- Collapse -- Endgame -- Running toward an uncertain future.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-40253-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-17974-2
Language:
English
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