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Nuclear Power and the Energy Crisis

Politics and the Atomic Industry

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  • © 1978

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  1. Duncan Burn
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Prologue and Plan

    1. Prologue and Plan

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 1-20

  3. First Competitive Reactor: the Light Water Reactor

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Paradox of LWR Development

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 23-24

    3. Competitiveness Accepted

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 25-29

    4. The Rise of Costs—Extent and Sources

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 30-54

    5. Safety of the LWR

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 55-81

    6. Peak and Collapse 1974–76

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 82-95

    7. The LWR Outside the United States

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 96-110

  4. From AGR to SGHWR

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Preamble

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 113-116

    3. The Course of AGR Development

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 117-149

    4. Sources of the AGR Disaster

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 150-193

    5. Response to Failure: Two Governments Decide

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 194-196

    6. The Single D and C Company

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 197-221

    7. LWR versus SGHWR

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 222-263

    8. Retrospect

      • Duncan Burn
      Pages 264-311

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 312-348
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nuclear Power and the Energy Crisis

  • Book Subtitle: Politics and the Atomic Industry

  • Authors: Duncan Burn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02107-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Duncan Burn and the Trade Policy Research Centre 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-02109-3Published: 01 January 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-02107-9Published: 17 June 1978

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 348

  • Topics: Economic Policy

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