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Nuclear Power Hazard Control Policy presents an analysis of the factors that appear to have influenced the formation and form of nuclear power hazard control policy in Britain.… Read more
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Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Nuclear Power Hazards
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FORMS OF RADIATION
WAYS RADIATION ARISES
HARM FROM RADIATION
PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
COMPARISON OF RADIATION WITH OTHER HAZARDS
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 3: Development of Nuclear Power and the Associated Policy
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GROWTH OF NUCLEAR POWER
REACTOR SAFETY CRITERIA
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 4: Legislation and Administration
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CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 5: Economic Factors
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND
COSTS AND BENEFITS
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 6: Political Factors 1939–1952 The British Bomb
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GROUPS
1939–1952
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 7: Political Factors 1953–1970 Nuclear Power Arrives
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1953 – 1960
1961 – 1965
1966 – 1970
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 8: Political Factors 1971–1977 The Growth of Controversy
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EVENTS ABROAD
EVENTS IN BRITAIN
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 9: Conclusions
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CRITICAL REVIEW OF CONCLUSIONS
A MODEL OF THE NUCLEAR HAZARD CONTROL POLICY MAKING PROCESS
ADEQUACY OF THE MODEL
APPENDIX I: Chronology of Events
APPENDIX II: Summary of Administrative Arrangements to Control the Safety of Nuclear Power Reactors in Seventeen Countries with Nuclear Power Reactors in Operation in 1976
APPENDIX II: Professor Fremlin’s Answer to my Questions on the Windscale Inquiry
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
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