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Critical Masses

Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978

By: Thomas Raymond Wellock

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Critical Masses

Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978

By: Thomas Raymond Wellock

The grassroots battle against nuclear power, told by a historian who did time on both sides of the issue. CRITICAL MASSES tells how the citizens of California--from the tiny town of Wasco in the Central Valley to the vast suburbs of Los Angeles--challenged the threat of nuclear power, transformed the anti-nuclear movement, and helped change the face of U.S. politics. 21 photos.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299158543

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9780299158545

Coastal Sage

Peter Douglas and the Fight to Save California's Shore

By: Thomas J. Osborne

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Coastal Sage

Peter Douglas and the Fight to Save California's Shore

By: Thomas J. Osborne

There are moments when we forget how fortunate we are to have the California coast. The state is home to 1,100 miles of uninterrupted coastline defined by long stretches of beach and jagged rocky cliffs. Coastal Sage chronicles the career and accomplishments of Peter Douglas, the longest-serving executive director of the California Coastal Commission. For nearly three decades, Douglas fought to keep the California coast public, prevent overdevelopment, and safeguard habitat. In doing so, Douglas emerged as a leading figure in the contemporary American environmental movement and influenced public conservation efforts across the country. He coauthored California’s foundational laws pertaining to shoreline management and conservation: Proposition 20 and the California Coastal Act. Many of the political battles to save the coast from overdevelopment and secure public access are revealed for the first time in this study of the leader who was at once a visionary, warrior, and coastal sage.

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248

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Univ of California Press

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0520296656

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Safe Enough?

A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk

By: Thomas R. Wellock

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Safe Enough?

A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk

By: Thomas R. Wellock

Since the dawn of the Atomic Age, nuclear experts have labored to imagine the unimaginable and prevent it. They confronted a deceptively simple question: When is a reactor “safe enough” to adequately protect the public from catastrophe? Some experts sought a deceptively simple answer: an estimate that the odds of a major accident were, literally, a million to one. Far from simple, this search to quantify accident risk proved to be a tremendously complex and controversial endeavor, one that altered the very notion of safety in nuclear power and beyond. Safe Enough? is the first history to trace these contentious efforts, following the Atomic Energy Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as their experts experimented with tools to quantify accident risk for use in regulation and to persuade the public of nuclear power’s safety. The intense conflict over the value of risk assessment offers a window on the history of the nuclear safety debate and the beliefs of its advocates and opponents. Across seven decades and the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, the quantification of risk has transformed both society’s understanding of the hazards posed by complex technologies and what it takes to make them safe enough.

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375

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University of California Press

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0520381157

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9780520381155

Critical Masses

Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978

By: Thomas Raymond Wellock

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Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978

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