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Author Williams, Roger, 1920- author

Title The nuclear power decisions : British policies, 1953-78 / Roger Williams
Published London : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge library editions. Energy resources ; volume 12
Routledge library editions. Energy resources ; v. 12.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Dedication Page; Preface; Part I: 1955-64; 1. Dramatis Personae; 2. Technological Momentum; 3. Economic Confusion; 4. Political Arguments; Part II: 1964-5; 5. 1964: Crisis; 6. 1965: Triumph of the AGR; Part III: 1965-74; 7. The Quarrel with Coal; 8. Industrial Chaos; 9. Nadir of the AGR; Part IV: 1974-8; 10. Return of the AGR; 11. The Windscale Decision; 12. Conclusions; Appendix 1: Summary of Main Actors, Reactors and Programmes
Appendix 2: Principal Events in British Nuclear Power Development, 1953-78Appendix 3: Principal Events in the British Nuclear Debate, October 1975-May 1978; Appendix 4: The Nuclear Reactor: A Highly Simplified Outline; Appendix 5: United Kingdom Nuclear Power Stations; Appendix 6: Selected Reactor Characteristics; Appendix 7: The Consortia, Etc.; Select Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
Notes Originally published in 1980 by Croom Helm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 01, 2019)
Subject Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History
Energy policy -- Great Britain -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
Energy policy
Nuclear energy -- Government policy
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000000702
1000000702