Download or read book The American Nuclear Power Industry written by William A. Pearman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1985. This book examines the scope of the industry and also focuses on issues relevant to it, divided into three sections: an overview of the American nuclear power industry, an examination of the nuclear power plant licensing process and issues that face the nuclear industry, and selected case studies that illustrate issues discussed in the previous section. The growth and future of the nuclear power plant industry is discussed and industry-wide trends and relevant data are presented providing background information on the scope, diversity, capacity, and control of nuclear power in the United States. Issues examined concern safety; environmental, geological, and natural phenomenon matters; and anti-trust. The in-depth case studies on the status of selected nuclear power plants include: Three Mile Island, Enrico Fermi, Seabrook, Indian Point, R. E. Inna, Diablo Canyon, and Browns Ferry.

Download or read book Collapse of an Industry written by John L. Campbell and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commercial nuclear power industry was flourishing in the United States in the early 1970s; fifteen years later, the enterprise had collapsed. John L. Campbell examines the history of this debacle in order to explore how state and market shape each other under modern capitalism. In Collapse of an Industry, Campbell confronts controversial issues whose implications range far beyond the specifics of the nuclear power industry: the relative merits of free and controlled markets, the reliability of industrial planning, and the appropriate role of the state in managing economic activity. Ultimately, Campbell sheds light on the central question of whether modern democracy and capitalism may be essentially incompatible. A complex, expensive, and potentially very dangerous technology, nuclear energy requires careful long-range planning to sustain commercial success. Campbell's narrative account shows how political and economic institutions unique to the United States made the nuclear energy industry particularly vulnerable to a series of policy failures that undermined that planning. Drawing on industry histories and trade publications, government documents and personal interviews, he considers four key areas central to the collapse of the sector: competition and the failure to standardize equipment; growing public concern over reactor safety and the disposal of radioactive waste; the industry's financial crisis; and the complex politics of regulation. Campbell argues that the democratic institutions of the contemporary United States will not support the predictable conditions needed for accumulation in so capital-intensive and potentially hazardous a sector as commercial nuclear power. He emphasizes the importance of institutional forms to the making of public policy by contrasting the industry's demise in the United States with its modest successes in Western Europe, demonstrating how variations in important governmental and private institutions affected the general health of the industry in France, Sweden, and West Germany. A theoretically informed analysis free of the usual polemics about nuclear power, Collapse of an Industry merits the close attention of anyone concerned with the future of the commercial nuclear power industry.

Download or read book L INDUSTRIE NUCLEAIRE FRANCAISE written by France. Commissariat à l'énergie atomique and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Realities of Nuclear Power written by Steve D. Thomas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-05-27 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the realities of nuclear power using as its basis a detailed evaluation of the programmes in the USA, Canada, France and the Federal Republic of Germany. The book also examines the questions of economic and technological performance of nuclear power.

Download or read book Repertory of the Nuclear Institutions and Industry in Belgium written by Groupement professionnel de l'industrie nucléaire and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Submission Papers on the Commission Document The Nuclear Industries in the European Union written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge: Réunion d'information sur le 4ème programme indicatif nucléaire, organisé par la Direction Générale energie de la Commission Européenne: 1.Liste des associations intitées -2.Commentaires reçus.

Download or read book Megawatts and Megatons written by Richard L. Garwin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Megawatts and Megatons, world-renowned physicists Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak offer an accessible, eminently well-informed primer on two of the most important issues of our time: nuclear weapons and nuclear power. They begin by explaining clearly and concisely how nuclear fission and fusion work in both warheads and reactors, and how they can impact human health. Making a strong and eloquent argument in favor of arms control, Garwin and Charpak outline specific strategies for achieving this goal worldwide. But they also demonstrate how nuclear power can provide an assured, economically feasible, and environmentally responsible source of energy—in a way that avoids the hazards of weapons proliferation. Numerous figures enliven the text, including cartoons by Sempé.

Download or read book Nuclear Exports and World Politics written by Robert Boardman and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-06-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Personnel Qualifi Et quipements Homologu s Pour L industrie Nucl aire written by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and published by OECD. This book was released on 1993 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In English & French. Parallel title: Personnel qaulifiâ et âquipements homologuâs pour l'industrie nuclâaire ...

Download or read book Industrial and Medical Nuclear Accidents written by Jean-Claude Amiard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The peaceful use of atomic energy has given rise to a variety of nuclear accidents from the start. This concerns all forms of use, industrial and medical. For each accident, Industrial and Medical Nuclear Accidents details the contamination of the environment, flora and fauna, and quantifies the effects of ionizing radiation. The book also examines the adverse effects on the health, both physical and mental, of the human populations concerned. The monetary cost is also evaluated. The research presented in this book is based on scientifically recognized publications and on the reports of national and international organizations competent in this field (IAEA, WHO, UNSCEAR, IRSN, etc.). The book contains chapters devoted to the most recent accidents (Chernobyl and Fukushima), with a large body of institutional and academic literature.

Download or read book La concurrence sur les march s de l industrie nucl aire written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les quipements, matriaux et services ncessaires pour la construction, l'exploitation et l'alimentation en combustible des centrales nuclaires sont aussi nombreux que varis. L'industrie nuclaire a, depuis les annes 80, connu de nombreuses fusions et consolidations et vu natre quelques grands groupes mondiaux. En outre, l'ouverture des marchs de l'lectricit de nombreux pays de l'OCDE accentue la pression concurrentielle sur les exploitants de centrales nuclaires. Les changements structurels, qui ont marqu les producteurs comme les consommateurs du secteur nuclaire, se sont rpercuts sur le niveau de la concurrence sur les marchs de l'ingnierie nuclaire et du cycle du combustible. Alors que se profile une reprise du nuclaire, la prsente publication analyse la situation de la concurrence dans les principaux secteurs de l'industrie nuclaire ainsi que son volution possible si la demande augmente de faon significative.

Download or read book Energie nucl aire et soci t written by Michel de Perrot and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 1981 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guide de l industrie nucl aire fran aise written by Mary D. Davis and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 1988 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mad Science written by Joseph Mangano and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Americans once again play nuclear roulette? Just one year after the Fukushima meltdown, all 54 reactors in Japan have been closed, and may never be restarted. Germany recently closed several reactors, and will shutter them all within a decade. Italy revoked its pledge to build new reactors, keeping that nation nuclear-free. All these decisions are based on the understanding that reactors are extremely dangerous and expensive. In the U.S., the remnants of the once-overwhelmingly powerful nuclear lobby are making their last stand for “clean” nuclear energy. The sixty-year-old vision of power “too cheap to meter” (words originally uttered by a banker promoting the industry) is back. While other countries end their reliance on nuclear energy, Americans contemplate its revival, even as existing reactors, which produce a fifth of U.S. electricity, pass retirement age and are corroding. In Mad Science, Joseph Mangano strips away the near-smothering layers of distortions and outright lies that permeate the massive propaganda campaigns on behalf of nuclear energy. He explores the history of the industry, with its origins in the Manhattan Project, through its heightening promotion during the Cold War and its entwinement with nuclear weapons. Mad Science includes an account of nuclear accidents and meltdowns and their consequences, from Chernobyl to Santa Susana and beyond; as well as a point-by-point refutation of pro-nuke arguments. Atomic energy is unsafe – it deals with staggeringly poisonous substances at every stage of its creation – un-economical in the extreme and impractical.

Download or read book S curit nucl aire written by François Carlier and published by FeniXX. This book was released on 1987-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Download or read book Nuclear Energy Development in Asia written by X. Yi-chong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how and why Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and India have initiated and developed nuclear energy programs and what challenges they face today. Were the nuclear programmes driven by the low energy endowment, a desire to pursue international prestige, national security concerns, environmental pollution or economic development?

Download or read book L Industrie devant l nergie nucl aire III Conf rence de Stresa written by Agence europeenne pour l'energie nucleaire (Paris). Conférence technique (1959. 11-14 mai. Stresa) and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: