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The nuclear power debate. Moral, Economic, Technical and Political issues (1977)
| Auteur | Desaix Myers III |
| Datum | 1977 |
| Classificatie | 3.01.0.00/28 (VS - ALGEMEEN) |
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Uit de publicatie:
PREFACE During 1975 and 1976, the nuclear power industry was beset by crippling uncertainties that severely limited its growth. Events in the first few months of 1977 tended to increase rather than diminish the problems afflicting the industry, and there seems to be little indication of an early reversal of a trend toward educing the pace of nuclear expansion. A major uncertainty plaguing the industry relates to public acceptance of nuclear power and popular concerns about the hazards of nuclear power plants. These concerns have brought a new temper to the debate over nuclear power by infusing discussion of technical and economic issues with questions of corporate social responsibility. It was through its interest in questions of corporate social responsibility and public policy that the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) first became involved in the study of nuclear power. IRRC was founded in 1972 by a number of universities and foundations seeking impartial reporting on a variety of public policy and corporate social responsibility issues, particularly those issues being raised in shareholder resolutions at corporate annual meetings. The center now provides research reports to more than 100 institutional investors, including a number of banks, insurance companies, and other commercial institutions, as well as to universities and foundations, on a variety of controversial issues relating to the role of business in society. In the last four years, the center has prepared analytical reports on social issues ranging from coal strip mining and equal employment opportunity to political campaign contributions and overseas payments. In 1974, at the request of its subscribers, IRRC undertook a major study of the issues involved in the debate over nuclear power. The study included a survey of consultant reports, government documents, and hearings; interviews with a wide spectrum of proponents and opponents of nuclear power; and analysis of responses to a detailed questionnaire that IRRC sent to 82 companies involved in all phases of the nuclear industry. IRRC published its initial report and updated it extensively in 1976 to provide the basis for this book. The Center's report was designed to provide readers with a basic understanding of the primary issues providing the substance of the debate over nuclear power. It was not meant to pass judgment on the costs and benefits of nuclear power, because both are uncertain and subject to change. The objective of the study was to identify the factors likely to affect the relative costs and benefits and to provide readers with a framework against which to measure the changing aspects of the debate.
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