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Atomic dreams : the new nuclear evangelists and the fight for the future of energy /

"The inside story of how nuclear energy--long considered scary, controversial, and even apocalyptic--has become the hot topic of the climate debate, and perhaps a vital power source of the future."--Amazon.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tuhus-Dubrow, Rebecca (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill/Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Powerplant (Calif.)
Nuclear energy > Law and legislation > United States.
Nuclear energy > Environmental aspects > United States.
Nuclear energy > Safety regulations > United States.
Nuclear energy > United States > History.
Énergie nucléaire > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Énergie nucléaire > Sécurité > Règlements > États-Unis.
Table of Contents:
  • The land
  • "Don't shut it down!"
  • The club
  • The plant
  • "Kiss your children goodbye"
  • The bad boys
  • Conversions
  • "We are as gods and have to get good at it"
  • The deal
  • "The motherly side of nuclear"
  • The nuclearists
  • The tribe
  • "But what about the waste?"
  • The guy in the headband
  • The inside game
  • "A heretic among heretics"
  • Nuclear spring
  • The turning point
  • A social and political problem
  • Diablo Canyon lives.