Nuclear Or Not?
Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future?
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Nuclear Or Not? “
Preface; 'A.Blowers' - Introduction; 'D.Elliott' - PART I: SETTING THE SCENE - Nuclear Energy: An Introductory Primer; 'J.Scurlock ' - A Brief History of Nuclear Developments; 'J.Scurlock' - Opposition to Nuclear Power: A Brief History; 'H.Herring' - PART II: STRUCTURING THE DEBATE - Building or Burning the Bridges to a Sustainable Energy Policy; 'G.Butler'&'G.McGlynn' - Criteria for a Sustainable Energy Future; 'P.Allen ' - PART III: THE FUTURE UK ENERGY MIX: STRATEGIC ISSUES - Time for a Fresh Look at Nuclear?; 'S.Kidd ' - Nuclear and Renewables in the UK : Can We Have Both?; 'D.Elliott ' - PART IV: SOME KEY NUCLEAR ISSUES - New Information on Radiation Health Hazards;' I.Fairlie ' - Nuclear Waste: The Protracted Debate in the UK; 'D.Lowry' - Nuclear's Inherent Insecurities; 'D.Lowry' - Risk, Economics and Nuclear Power; 'C.Mitchell '&'B.Woodman' - PART V: NUCLEAR AROUND THE WORLD - Nuclear Power - The European Dimension; 'A.Froggatt ' - Non-Nuclear Sustainable Energy Futures for Germany and the UK; 'G.Boyle ' - Nuclear Power Around the World; 'S.Kidd ' - CONCLUSIONS - Can Nuclear Ever be Green?; 'J.Scurlock ' - Nuclear Renaissance Requires Nuclear Enlightenment; 'W.Nuttall' - UK Energy Choices - An Enlightened Future? 'D.Elliott'
Autoren-Porträt von David Elliott
PAUL ALLEN Development Director, Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UKANDREW 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, UKGREGG BUTLER Professor of Science in Sustainable Development, University of Manchester, UK and Consultant with Integrated Decision Management Ltd, Preston, UKDAVID ELLIOTT Professor of Technology Policy, Open University, UK and Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UKIAN FAIRLIE Independent Consultant on radioactivity in the environmentANTHONY FROGGATT Independent researcher and freelance writer in energy policyHORACE HERRING Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UKSTEPHEN KIDD Director of Strategy and Research, World Nuclear Association, London, UKDAVE LOWRY Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UKGRACE McGLYNN Works for Integrated Decision Management Ltd, Preston, UKCATHERINE MITCHELL Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Management Under Regulation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UKWILLIAM J. NUTTALL Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UKJONATHAN SCURLOCK Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK and works for North East Community ForestsBRIDGET WOODMAN UKERC Research Fellow, Centre for Management Under Regulation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Elliott
- 2007, 2007., 257 Seiten, Maße: 14 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: D. Elliott
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 0230241735
- ISBN-13: 9780230241732
- Erscheinungsdatum: 30.01.2007
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Nuclear Or Not? “
'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. <EM>Nuclear or Not?</EM>...offers divergent views and perspectives on nuclear power.'- <EM>No 2 Nuclear Power</EM>
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