Nuclear Power (Routledge Library Editions: Energy Resources) - Hardcover

Openshaw, Stan

 
9780367231347: Nuclear Power (Routledge Library Editions: Energy Resources)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367231344 ISBN 13: 9780367231347
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Originally published in 1986. Nuclear power is now regarded as essential to survival in the twenty-first century. But the safety of nuclear power stations is a highly controversial topic, and where they will be sited is a most vital question.

In this independent critique, based on four years of research, Stan Openshaw argues that reactor siting provides a simple means of offering additional, design-independent margins of safety. Reactor siting policies in the UK and USA are examined and it is suggested that UK siting practices need to be updated. The large number of potential alternative sites should be used to devise new planning strategies – strategies which will minimise both the residual health risks from accidents and the danger that a future change in public opinion might lead to calls for the closure of many existing sites on safety grounds.

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Stan Openshaw

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367231344
ISBN 13 
9780367231347
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
366

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