NUCLEAR IMPLOSIONS by Daniel Pope ( 9780521402538 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

NUCLEAR IMPLOSIONS
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

By:

Daniel Pope

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521402530

ISBN 13:

9780521402538

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 February, 2008

Pages:

304

Description:

Daniel Pope follows the collapse of a small public agency's attempts to build five nuclear power plants in the 1970s.

Synopsis:

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.

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Cambridge University Press

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