Full Description
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. The authors appraise fundamental policy issues and examine
Contents
Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Acceptability and National Response to the Risks of Nuclear Power -- Introduction -- Scale and the Acceptability of Nuclear Energy -- The Role of History in the Acceptance of Nuclear Power in the U.S. and Canada1 -- Policymaking and Safety Issues in the Development of Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom -- Spatial Assessment and Impact Mitigation -- Introduction -- Locating Nuclear Electric Energy Facilities: Structural Relationships and the Environment -- A Convergence/Divergence Schema to Identify Impacts: The Case of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station1 -- Land-Use Controls and Nuclear Power Plants -- Assessing the Social Demographic, and Economic Impacts of Nuclear Power Plants -- Introduction -- Public Sector Effects and Social Impact Assessment of Nuclear Generating Facilities: Information for Community Mitigation Management1 -- Population Trends Around Nuclear Power Plants1 -- The Pattern of Public Response to Nuclear Facilities: An Analysis of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Generating Station1 -- Risk Perception and Emergency Planning -- Introduction -- Residential Proximity and Cognition of Risk at Three Mile Island: Implications for Evacuation Planning -- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Warning Systems for Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies: Criteria and Application -- A Spatial Analysis of Evacuation Intentions at the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station1 -- Postponed Decisions, Present Issues: The Final Phases -- Introduction -- Nuclear Waste Disposal: Technology and Environmental Hazards1 -- Confronting Equity in Radioactive Waste Management: Modest Proposals for a Socially Just and Acceptable Program1 -- Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants
