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Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System
By (author) 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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Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 4 Feb 2008
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 304
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 550g
ISBN | 978-0-5214-0253-8
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BISAC | business & economics / industries / energy industries
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