Nuclear power hazard control policy /
Nuclear Power Hazard Control Policy.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1982.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Nuclear Power Hazard Control Policy; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. The Nature of Nuclear Power Hazards; FORMS OF RADIATION; WAYS RADIATION ARISES; HARM FROM RADIATION; PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION; COMPARISON OF RADIATION WITH OTHER HAZARDS; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 3. Development of Nuclear Power and the Associated Policy; GROWTH OF NUCLEAR POWER; REACTOR SAFETY CRITERIA; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 4. Legislation and Administration; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 5. Economic Factors.
- SUPPLY AND DEMANDCOSTS AND BENEFITS; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 6. Political Factors 1939-1952 The British Bomb; GROUPS; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 7. Political Factors 1953-1970 Nuclear Power Arrives; 1953
- 1960; 1961
- 1965; 1966
- 1970; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 8. Political Factors 1971-1977 The Growth of Controversy; EVENTS ABROAD; EVENTS IN BRITAIN; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 9. Conclusions; CRITICAL REVIEW OF CONCLUSIONS; A MODEL OF THE NUCLEAR HAZARD CONTROL POLICY MAKING PROCESS; ADEQUACY OF THE MODEL; APPENDIX I: Chronology of Events; REFERENCES.
- APPENDIX II: Summary of Administrative Arrangements to Control the Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors in Seventeen Countries with Nuclear Power Reactors in Operation in 1976REFERENCES; APPENDIX III: Professor Fremlin's Answer to my Questions on the Windscale Inquiry; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.