Nuclear Or Not?: Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future? (Energy, Climate and the Environment)

With the nuclear issue back on the agenda worldwide, this highly topical collection steers a path through the controversies, presenting the views of proponents of nuclear expansion, examining the challenges that face them and exploring the arguments of those who support alternative approaches. The issue of nuclear energy excites strong emotions and there are widely differing views as to whether nuclear power can or should make a major contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With the nuclear issue back on the agenda worldwide, this highly topical collection steers a path through these controversies, presenting the views of proponents of nuclear expansion, examining the challenges that face them and exploring the arguments of those who support alternative approaches. Providing an overview of both sides of the debate this book addresses questions such as can nuclear energy ever be green? Can nuclear result in an effective sustainable energy policy? How should we deal with nuclear waste? What is the impact of nuclear on security? Ultimately these essays focus on which mix of technologies would offer the best response to climate change With The Nuclear Issue Back On The Agenda Worldwide, This Highly Topical Collection Steers A Path Through The Controversies, Presenting The Views Of Proponents Of Nuclear Expansion, Examining The Challenges That Face Them And Exploring The Arguments Of Those Who Support Alternative Approaches. Nuclear Energy: An Introductory Primer / Jonathan Scurlock -- A Concise History Of The Nuclear Industry Worldwide / Jonathan Scurlock -- Opposition To Nuclear Power: A Brief History / Horace Herring -- Building Or Burning The Bridges To A Sustainable Energy Policy / Gregg Butler And Grace Mcglynn -- Criteria For A Sustainable Energy Future / Paul Allen -- Time For A Fresh Look At Nuclear? / Stephen W. Kidd -- Nuclear Power And Renewables In The Uk: Can We Have Both? / David Elliot -- New Information On Radiation Health Hazards / Ian Fairlie -- Nuclear Waste: The Protracted Debate In The Uk / David Lowry -- Risk, Economics, And Nuclear Power / Catherine Mitchell And Bridget Woodman -- Nuclear Power-the European Dimension / Antony Froggatt -- Non-nuclear Sustainable Energy Futures For Germany And The Uk / Godfrey Boyle -- Nuclear Power Around The World / Stephan W. Kidd -- Can Nuclear Power Ever Be Green? / Jonathan Scurlock -- Nuclear Renaissance Requires Nuclear Enlightenment / William J. Nuttall -- Uk Energy Choices-an Enlightened Future? / David Elliot. Edited By David Elliott ; With A Preface By Andrew Blowers. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Nuclear Energy: An Introductory Primer....Pages 9-23 A Concise History of the Nuclear Industry Worldwide....Pages 24-33 Opposition to Nuclear Power: A Brief History....Pages 34-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Building or Burning the Bridges to a Sustainable Energy Policy....Pages 53-58 Criteria for a Sustainable Energy Future....Pages 59-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 Time for a Fresh Look at Nuclear?....Pages 75-82 Nuclear Power and Renewables in the UK: Can We Have Both?....Pages 83-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 New Information on Radiation Health Hazards....Pages 101-114 Nuclear Waste: The Protracted Debate in the UK....Pages 115-131 Nuclear’s Inherent Insecurities....Pages 132-148 Risk, Economics and Nuclear Power....Pages 149-167 Front Matter....Pages 169-169 Nuclear Power – The European Dimension....Pages 171-182 Non-nuclear Sustainable Energy Futures for Germany and the UK....Pages 183-196 Nuclear Power around the World....Pages 197-205 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Can Nuclear Power Ever be Green?....Pages 209-220 Nuclear Renaissance Requires Nuclear Enlightenment....Pages 221-238 UK Energy Choices – An Enlightened Future?....Pages 239-245 Back Matter....Pages 246-257 The issue of nuclear energy excites strong emotions and there are widely differing views as to whether nuclear power can or should make a major contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With the nuclear issue back on the agenda worldwide, this highly topical collection steers a path through these controversies, presenting the views of proponents of nuclear expansion, examining the challenges that face them and exploring the arguments of those who support alternative approaches. Providing an overview of both sides of the debate this book addresses questions such as can nuclear energy ever be green? Can nuclear result in an effective sustainable energy policy? How should we deal with nuclear waste? What is the impact of nuclear on security? Ultimately these essays focus on which mix of technologies would offer the best response to climate change. -- Back cover Review: 'This book is an excellent mix of divergent views on the suddenly re-merging nuclear debate in the UK. Besides covering the history and geography of the technolog, it also gives a rich mix of up-to-date analysis from many perspectives. An essential guide to the nuclear debate in the new context of climate change and fears about energy insecurity'- Professor Gordon MacKerron, Director, Sussex Energy Group, SPRU, University of Sussex and Chair, Committee on Radioactive Waste Management 'Possibly the only UK book covering the contemporary debate. Nuclear or Not? ... offers divergent views and perspectives on nuclear power.'- No 2 Nuclear Power "Develops a new theory of 'identity' ecological modernization (EM), to analyse renewable history and policy development in many of the world's states which are leading the drive to install renewable energy. 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