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The Impact of Nuclear Power on the Public: The American Experience

Sonder-Vortragsveranstaltung der Klasse für Natur-, Ingenieur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften in der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich am 24. Januar 1973

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  1. Victor Potter Bond
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Part of the book series: Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften (VN, volume 238)

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  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-5
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  2. The Impact of Nuclear Power on the Public: The American Experience

    • Victor Potter Bond
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  3. Back Matter

    Pages 55-58
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The American experience with respect to electrical power production has undergone and is undergoing considerable evolution. Early, frequently strident debates tended to focus on the risks and benefits of only one pos­ sible power source (nuclear), and on one possible hazard (radiation from routine releases). Discussions and analyses now have tended to become more moderate, and deal with not only one but all feasible power sources, as well as the costs and benefits associated with fuel production, the operation of such sources, fuel transportation and waste disposal. Radiation from routine releases is no longer a major issue. A number of attempts have been made to assess the total benefits and risks of nuclear versus fossil fuel plants, in order to allow a rational basis for deciding on what type of source is best for a given situation. More data and more refined analyses are needed; how­ ever, most of those completed to date have concluded that the overall cost in terms of possible damage to health and the environment is least for nuclear power, next for oil and the greatest for coal-fired plants.

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  • Book Title: The Impact of Nuclear Power on the Public: The American Experience

  • Book Subtitle: Sonder-Vortragsveranstaltung der Klasse für Natur-, Ingenieur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften in der Kernforschungsanlage Jülich am 24. Januar 1973

  • Authors: Victor Potter Bond

  • Series Title: Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-88501-2

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-08238-7Published: 01 January 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-322-88501-2Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 58

  • Topics: Nuclear Energy, Energy Systems, Energy Harvesting

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