Nuclear Or Not?

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • David Elliott

      Pages 1-6

3. Setting the Scene

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Nuclear Energy: An Introductory Primer

      • Jonathan Scurlock

      Pages 9-23

   3. A Concise History of the Nuclear Industry Worldwide

      • Jonathan Scurlock

      Pages 24-33

   4. Opposition to Nuclear Power: A Brief History

      • Horace Herring

      Pages 34-49

4. Structuring the Debate

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Building or Burning the Bridges to a Sustainable Energy Policy

      • Gregg Butler, Grace McGlynn

      Pages 53-58

   3. Criteria for a Sustainable Energy Future

      • Paul Allen

      Pages 59-72

5. The Future UK Energy Mix: Strategic Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Time for a Fresh Look at Nuclear?

      • Stephen W. Kidd

      Pages 75-82

   3. Nuclear Power and Renewables in the UK: Can We Have Both?

      • David Elliott

      Pages 83-97

6. Some Key Nuclear Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. New Information on Radiation Health Hazards

      • Ian Fairlie

      Pages 101-114

   3. Nuclear Waste: The Protracted Debate in the UK

      • David Lowry

      Pages 115-131

   4. Nuclear’s Inherent Insecurities

      • David Lowry

      Pages 132-148

   5. Risk, Economics and Nuclear Power

      • Catherine Mitchell, Bridget Woodman

      Pages 149-167

7. Nuclear around the World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Nuclear Power – The European Dimension

      • Antony Froggatt

      Pages 171-182

   3. Non-nuclear Sustainable Energy Futures for Germany and the UK

      • Godfrey Boyle

      Pages 183-196

With the nuclear issue back on the agenda worldwide, this highly topical collection steers a path through the controversies, presenting the views of proponents of nuclear expansion, examining the challenges that face them and exploring the arguments of those who support alternative approaches.

• energy policy
• Europe
• Germany
• nuclear energy
• Policy

'This book is an excellent mix of divergent views on the suddenly re-merging nuclear debate in the UK. Besides covering the history and geography of the technolog, it also gives a rich mix of up-to-date analysis from many perspectives. An essential guide to the nuclear debate in the new context of climate change and fears about energy insecurity' - Professor Gordon MacKerron, Director, Sussex Energy Group, SPRU, University of Sussex and Chair, Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

'Possibly the only UK book covering the contemporary debate. Nuclear or Not?...offers divergent views and perspectives on nuclear power.' - No 2 Nuclear Power

• Technology Policy, The Open University, UK

  David Elliott

PAUL ALLEN Development Director, Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK ANDREW BLOWERS OBE Previously Professor of Social Sciences (Planning), Department of Geography, Open University, UK and currently Visiting Research Professor, Open University and member of the Government Advisory Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) GEOFFREY BOYLE Senior Lecturer, Department of Design and Innovation, Open University, UK and Director of the energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK GREGG BUTLER Professor of Science in Sustainable Development, University of Manchester, UK and Consultant with Integrated Decision Management Ltd, Preston, UK DAVID ELLIOTT Professor of Technology Policy, Open University, UK and Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK IAN FAIRLIE Independent Consultant on radioactivity in the environment ANTHONY FROGGATT Independent researcher and freelance writer in energy policy HORACE HERRING Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK STEPHEN KIDD Director of Strategy and Research, World Nuclear Association, London, UK DAVE LOWRY Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK GRACE McGLYNN Works for Integrated Decision Management Ltd, Preston, UK CATHERINE MITCHELL Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Management Under Regulation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK WILLIAM J. NUTTALL Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK JONATHAN SCURLOCK Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK and works for North East Community Forests BRIDGET WOODMAN UKERC Research Fellow, Centre for Management Under Regulation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK

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