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NUCLEAR IMPLOSIONS
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM |
| By: |
Daniel Pope |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521179742 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521179744 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 November, 2010 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
Daniel Pope follows the collapse of a small public agency's attempts to build five nuclear power plants in the 1970s. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
7 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |