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Nuclear implosions : the rise and fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System /
This book follows a small public agency in Washington State that undertook one of the most ambitious construction projects in the nation in the 1970s: the building of five large nuclear power plants. By 1983, delays and cost overruns, along with slowed growth of electricity demand, led to cancellati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book follows a small public agency in Washington State that undertook one of the most ambitious construction projects in the nation in the 1970s: the building of five large nuclear power plants. By 1983, delays and cost overruns, along with slowed growth of electricity demand, led to cancellation of two plants and a construction halt on two others. Moreover, the agency defaulted on $2.25 billion of municipal bonds, leading to a monumental court case that took nearly a decade to resolve fully. Daniel Pope sets this in the context of the postwar boom's ending, the energy shocks of the 1970s, a new restraint in forecasting demand, and shifting patterns of municipal finance. Nuclear Implosions also traces the entangling alliance between civilian nuclear energy and nuclear weapons and recounts a telling example of how the law has become a primary method of resolving disputes in a litigious society. |
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| Notas: | Site viewed on July 29, 2008. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 282 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511394799 0511394799 1107172624 9781107172623 0511392052 9780511392054 1281370533 9781281370532 9786611370534 6611370536 0511390831 9780511390838 0511394144 9780511394140 0511393369 9780511393365 0511511655 9780511511653 |