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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Page 14
Radioactivity was seen as a scientific miracle with a wide range of positive health
effects . Newspaper coverage in the early twentieth century was strongly positive
, even though it was acknowledged that exposure to radium causes burns and ...
Radioactivity was seen as a scientific miracle with a wide range of positive health
effects . Newspaper coverage in the early twentieth century was strongly positive
, even though it was acknowledged that exposure to radium causes burns and ...
Page 204
In the USA protest against nuclear power ( like environmentalism ) was seen as a
middle - class provincial movement concerned with NIMBY issues , whereas in
Europe it was seen as a means of uniting peasant farmers with students .
In the USA protest against nuclear power ( like environmentalism ) was seen as a
middle - class provincial movement concerned with NIMBY issues , whereas in
Europe it was seen as a means of uniting peasant farmers with students .
Page 214
However FoE in its desire to put a compromise case , and establish credibility
with the government , was outflanked by Parker at the inquiry . The inquiry was
widely seen by both the press and parliament as a battle for or against nuclear
power ...
However FoE in its desire to put a compromise case , and establish credibility
with the government , was outflanked by Parker at the inquiry . The inquiry was
widely seen by both the press and parliament as a battle for or against nuclear
power ...
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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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