Mobilising Modernity: The Nuclear MomentDuring the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of the Risk Society questioning a number of conventional wisdoms en route. |
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... electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in technology to the anxieties of ...
... Thanks' sticker produced by Electricity Council. Photograph courtesy of Tim Edgar. 7.3 The 'Smiling Sun' symbol of the anti-nuclear movement. Photograph courtesy of Tim Edgar. Acknowledgements Given the time elapsed since the start of this.
... Electricity Authority CEGB Central Electricity Generating Board CND Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament COLA Coalition Of Local Authorities DoE Department of the Environment DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research DTI ...
... Electricity Board SWP TCPA Socialist Workers' Party Town and Country Planning Association THORP Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant UKAEA USAF United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority United States Air Force 1 Introduction DOI: 10.4324 ...
... electricity. In America nuclear capability was a god-given safeguard to American independence. In the UK nuclear prowess became articulated with a second Elizabethan age of splendour (seeCh. 2). The inclusion of scientists within the ...
Contents
The nuclear moment | |
Resisting the juggernaut Opposition in the 1950s | |
Accidents will happen | |
Modernitys mobilization stalls | |
The moment of direct action | |
Networking Direct action and collective refusal | |
Conclusions | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Author index | |