From Energy Dreams to Nuclear Nightmares: Lessons from the Anti-nuclear Power Movement in the 1970sThis book challenges the existing histories and explanations for the growth of the anti-nuclear power movement in the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1979. Arguing that opposition to nuclear power emerged in the 1970s because of the concerns of a minority of people about the dangers of atomic energy, based on the ecological messages contained in bestselling science fiction novels from the late 1940s to mid 1960s. Showing how a minority of the 1960s underground press blended old conservation ideas with counterculture styles to create new radical groups such as Friends of the Earth, this analysis also seeks to answer questions such as Why an anti-nuclear power movement instead of an anti-coal or anti-asbestos movement? What was it about nuclear power that generated such opposition—its environmental impact, its cost, its prospects or its symbolism? and Could wind power in the 21st century face the same forces that opposed nuclear power 30 years ago? |
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... Gofman and Arthur Tamplin , were often eased out of the industry , sometimes
to become embittered and highly vocal critics . ... since its birth , always had its
critics , often ex - members of staff , but their criticism rarely reached the public .
... Gofman and Arthur Tamplin , were often eased out of the industry , sometimes
to become embittered and highly vocal critics . ... since its birth , always had its
critics , often ex - members of staff , but their criticism rarely reached the public .
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Intellectual dissent There was criticism of nuclear policies and siting based on
aesthetic , ecological , ethical and economic ... There had always been critics of
the government ' s nuclear policies , but these were brushed aside by the nuclear
...
Intellectual dissent There was criticism of nuclear policies and siting based on
aesthetic , ecological , ethical and economic ... There had always been critics of
the government ' s nuclear policies , but these were brushed aside by the nuclear
...
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This criticism of the ' nuclear state ' built on previous criticism of the modern
technocratic state and the power of ... Nuclear power in the USA thus became a
rallying point for student radicals and other social critics , particularly after the end
of ...
This criticism of the ' nuclear state ' built on previous criticism of the modern
technocratic state and the power of ... Nuclear power in the USA thus became a
rallying point for student radicals and other social critics , particularly after the end
of ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The saga of reprocessing | 10 |
Twentieth century nuclear visions | 13 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | From Energy Dreams to Nuclear Nightmares: Lessons from the Anti-nuclear Power Movement in the 1970s |
| Author | Horace Herring |
| Publisher | Jon Carpenter, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 1897766998, 9781897766996 |
| Length | 249 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Environmental Science |
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