Nuclear Implosions : The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System Hardback
by Daniel Pope
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/02/2008
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- ISBN:9780521402538
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/02/2008
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- ISBN:9780521402538