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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pope, Daniel, 1946-
Autor Corporativo: Coutts Information Services
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Washington Public Power Supply System.
Washington Public Power Supply System
Nuclear power plants > Washington (State) > Design and construction > Finance.
Electric utilities > Washington (State) > Finance.
Energy development > United States.
Services publics d'électricité > Washington (État) > Finances.
Énergie > Développement > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Electrical.
Electric utilities > Finance
Energy development
Nuclear power plants > Design and construction > Finance
United States
Washington (State)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background to fiasco
  • WPPSS steps forward
  • The second wave
  • The construction morass
  • Collapse
  • Endgame
  • Running toward an uncertain future.

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