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Hazards of nuclear power (1977)
| Author | A.Roberts, Z.Medvedev |
| Date | 1977 |
| Classification | 6.01.0.00/88 (GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
The Politics of Nuclear Energy Alan Roberts The political importance of nuclear power Modern capitalism has turned increasingly towards technological "advances" that are suspect in the extreme. They are marked by their dubious or plainly negative contribution to human welfare, and by their destructive effects on the environment. There are some whose harmfulness is now widely recognised - as, for example, the replacement of efficient public transport by a commitment to the private car, the switch to detergents, the massive use of pesticides, the waste of energy in packaging (particularly the non-returnable bottle and the aluminium can). (1) It is now clear, however, that one particular development - the nuclear power industry - looms above all others, in its ominous implications for the future of humanity, and in its significance as an issue on which mass action against the system's irrationality is likely. Its predominance derives, firstly, from the sheer magnitude of the economic commitment involved.
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