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Nuclear Power: The Fifth Horseman (1976)

AuteurD.Hayes, Worldwatch
Datummei 1976
Classificatie 6.01.0.00/117 (ALGEMEEN)
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Preface

"Nuclear Power: The Fifth Horseman," by Denis Hayes, is the sixth in a series of 
papers published by Worldwatch Institute in an attempt to identify and analyze 
emerging global trends and problems. Previous papers in the series are listed 
inside the back cover.

This paper evaluates the future of nuclear power, subjecting it to several tests-those 
of economics, safety, adequacy of fuel supplies, environmental impact, and both 
national and international security. If the world is to "go nuclear," adopting nuclear 
power as the principal source of energy, each of these criteria should be satisfied. 
In fact, none may be satisfied.

Nuclear power is being re-examined in many quarters. Local communities throughout 
the world are concerned over reactor safety. Environmentalists and others are deeply 
concerned about the lack, or even the prospect, of satisfactory techniques for 
disposing of radioactive waste. Foreign policy analysts express grave concern over 
the weapons-proliferation implications of the spread of nuclear power, recognizing 
that sooner or later an unstable political leader or terrorist group will acquire this 
awesome weaponry. And, perhaps most damning of all, in 1975 the corporate 
executives who head electrical utilities in the United States cancelled or deferred 
25 times as many new reactors as they ordered. A leading nuclear executive recently 
described his industry as being sick. The prognosis may be even more serious.

Much of this paper will appear in a forthcoming book, Rays of Hope: A Global 
Energy Strategy by Denis Hayes, that examines energy options.

Lester R. Brown
President, Worldwatch Institute

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