Nuclear Portraits
Communities, the Environment, and Public Policy
Published on 7. March 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-4426-2629-4 (ISBN)
Description
In the twenty-first century, nuclear energy has become a hotly contested issue. In the face of climate change, and the search for alternative forms of energy, nuclear power continues to affect the lives of communities around the world.
In Nuclear Portraits, scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia demonstrate the complexity, controversy, contradictions, and dangers that surround many aspects of the nuclear industry. The resulting local, regional, national, and international concerns that arise, such as the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, call into question the optimism espoused by the nuclear industry. We live in a world with more nuclear nations than ever before and energy policy is central to the mounting global concern about climate change. The innovative essays found in Nuclear Portraits will open your eyes to the realities of nuclear energy, thereby allowing you to decide for yourself whose side you are on.
In Nuclear Portraits, scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia demonstrate the complexity, controversy, contradictions, and dangers that surround many aspects of the nuclear industry. The resulting local, regional, national, and international concerns that arise, such as the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, call into question the optimism espoused by the nuclear industry. We live in a world with more nuclear nations than ever before and energy policy is central to the mounting global concern about climate change. The innovative essays found in Nuclear Portraits will open your eyes to the realities of nuclear energy, thereby allowing you to decide for yourself whose side you are on.
Reviews / Votes
"Nuclear Portraits is an engaging addition to the dialogue on the increasingly complex impact of nuclear affairs, dominated by the relationship between risk and perception. In an age of "fake news" and "alternative facts," such clarion calls are valuable and necessary."- Jason S. Ridler (The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2:June 2018) "This is a much-need contribution to nuclear history, one that goes beyond technical, economic, and security related assessments of nuclear energy."
- Sonja D. Schmid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Environmental History 24, Jan 2019)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
6 colour illustrations, 8 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-2629-4 (9781442626294)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Laurel Sefton MacDowell is professor emerita in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Her prior work on environmental history has been recognized by the Ontario Historical Society and the Canadian Historical Association.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1. Tuomas Raesaenen, 'Keep it Secret: The Environmental Effects of Nuclear Armament in the Soviet Union and the United States'
Chapter 2. Fred Waage, 'The Face of the Earth, the Shadow of the Bomb: Nuclear War and the First International Environmental Conference, "Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth," Princeton NJ, 1955'
Chapter 3. Davide Orsini, 'Experts at Risk: Military Secrets and Italian Radioecology around the U.S. Navy Nuclear Installation of La Maddalena'
Chapter 4. Andrew Ramey, 'The Calvert Cliffs Campaign, 1967-1971: Protecting the Public's Right to Knowledge'
Chapter 5. Susanne Bauer, Karena Kalmbach, Tatiana Kasperski, 'From Pripyat to Paris, from Grassroots Memories to Globalized Knowledge Production: The Politics of Chernobyl Fallout'
Chapter 6. James W. Feldman, 'Permanence, Justice, and Nuclear Waste at Prairie Island'
Chapter 7. Michael Greenberg, Henry Mayer, Charles Powers and David Kosson, 'Nuclear Waste Management and Nuclear Power: A Tale of Two Essential United States Department of Energy Sites in Idaho and New Mexico'
Chapter 8. Marissa Zappora Bell and David Eljiah Bell, 'Port Hope Burning: The Trail of Eldorado, the Uranium Medical Research Centre, and Community Tension over Scientific Uncertainty'
Chapter 9. Paul Jobin, 'Nuclear <<?Gypsies?>>? in Fukushima Before and After 3/11'
Chapter 1. Tuomas Raesaenen, 'Keep it Secret: The Environmental Effects of Nuclear Armament in the Soviet Union and the United States'
Chapter 2. Fred Waage, 'The Face of the Earth, the Shadow of the Bomb: Nuclear War and the First International Environmental Conference, "Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth," Princeton NJ, 1955'
Chapter 3. Davide Orsini, 'Experts at Risk: Military Secrets and Italian Radioecology around the U.S. Navy Nuclear Installation of La Maddalena'
Chapter 4. Andrew Ramey, 'The Calvert Cliffs Campaign, 1967-1971: Protecting the Public's Right to Knowledge'
Chapter 5. Susanne Bauer, Karena Kalmbach, Tatiana Kasperski, 'From Pripyat to Paris, from Grassroots Memories to Globalized Knowledge Production: The Politics of Chernobyl Fallout'
Chapter 6. James W. Feldman, 'Permanence, Justice, and Nuclear Waste at Prairie Island'
Chapter 7. Michael Greenberg, Henry Mayer, Charles Powers and David Kosson, 'Nuclear Waste Management and Nuclear Power: A Tale of Two Essential United States Department of Energy Sites in Idaho and New Mexico'
Chapter 8. Marissa Zappora Bell and David Eljiah Bell, 'Port Hope Burning: The Trail of Eldorado, the Uranium Medical Research Centre, and Community Tension over Scientific Uncertainty'
Chapter 9. Paul Jobin, 'Nuclear <<?Gypsies?>>? in Fukushima Before and After 3/11'