Nuclear Power : Assessing and Managing Hazardous Technology.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- SECTION I ACCEPTABILITY AND NATIONAL RESPONSE TO THE RISKS OF NUCLEAR POWER -- Introduction -- 1. SCALE AND THE ACCEPTABILITY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY -- 2. THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER IN THE U.S. AND CANADA -- 3. POLICYMAKING AND SAFETY ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- SECTION II SPATIAL ASSESSMENT AND IMPACT MITIGATION -- Introduction -- 4. LOCATING NUCLEAR ELECTRIC ENERGY FACILITIES:STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- 5. A CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE SCHEMA TO IDENTIFY IMPACTS: THE CASE OF THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION -- 6. LAND-USE CONTROLS AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS -- SECTION III ASSESSING THE SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC,AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS -- Introduction -- 7. PUBLIC SECTOR EFFECTS AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR GENERATING FACILITIES: INFORMATION FOR COMMUNITY MITIGATION MANAGEMENT -- 8. POPULATION TRENDS AROUND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS -- 9. THE PATTERN OF PUBLIC RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR FACILITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION -- SECTION IV RISK PERCEPTION AND EMERGENCY PLANNING -- Introduction -- 10. RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY AND COGNITION OF RISK AT THREE MILE ISLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR EVACUATION PLANNING -- 11.EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WARNING SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EMERGENCIES: CRITERIA AND APPLICATION -- 12. A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF EVACUATION INTENTIONS AT THE SHOREHAM NUCLEAR POWER STATION -- SECTION V POSTPONED DECISIONS, PRESENT ISSUES: THE FINAL PHASES -- Introduction -- 13. NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL: TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS -- 14. CONFRONTING EQUITY IN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT: MODEST PROPOSALS FOR A SOCIALLY JUST AND ACCEPTABLE PROGRAM -- 15. DECOMMISSIONING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS -- Index.

Contributors.

Addressing the major issues surrounding the use of nuclear power, twenty-nine social scientists with extensive involvement in the assessment and management of nuclear technology discuss critical areas of concern--problem recognition, risk estimation, and policy formation and implementation.

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