Author: George T. MazuzanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520051829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Controlling the Atom
Author: George T. MazuzanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520051829
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator
Author: Gregory B. JaczkoPublisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1476755779
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A shocking exposé from the most powerful insider in nuclear regulation about how the nuclear energy industry endangers our lives—and why Congress does nothing to stop it. Gregory Jaczko had never heard of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission when he arrived in Washington like a modern-day Mr. Smith. But, thanks to the determination of a powerful senator, he would soon find himself at the agency’s helm. A Birkenstocks-wearing physics PhD, Jaczko was unlike any chairman the agency had ever seen: he was driven by a passion for technology and a concern for public safety, with no ties to the industry and no agenda other than to ensure that his agency made the world a safer place. And so Jaczko witnessed what outsiders like him were never meant to see—an agency overpowered by the industry it was meant to regulate and a political system determined to keep it that way. After an emergency trip to Japan to help oversee the frantic response to the horrifying nuclear disaster at Fukushima in 2011, and witnessing the American nuclear industry’s refusal to make the changes he considered necessary to prevent an equally catastrophic event from occurring here, Jaczko started saying aloud what no one else had dared. Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator is a wake-up call to the dangers of lobbying, the importance of governmental regulation, and the failures of congressional oversight. But it is also a classic tale of an idealist on a mission whose misadventures in Washington are astounding, absurd, and sometimes even funny—and Jaczko tells the story with humor, self-deprecation, and, yes, occasional bursts of outrage. Above all, Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator is a tale of confronting the truth about one of the most pressing public safety and environmental issues of our time: nuclear power will never be safe.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorizations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear RegulationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Containing the Atom
Author: J. Samuel WalkerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520079137
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The late 1960s saw an extraordinary growth in the American nuclear industry: dozens of plants of unprecedented size were ordered throughout the country. Yet at the same time, public concern about the natural environment and suspicion of both government and industry increased dramatically. Containing the Atom is the first scholarly history of nuclear power regulation during those tumultuous years. J. Samuel Walker focuses on the activities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the agency entrusted with the primary responsibility for the safety of nuclear power, and shows that from the beginning the AEC faced a paradox: it was charged with both promoting and controlling the nuclear power industry. Out of this paradox grew severe tensions, which Walker discusses in detail. His balanced evaluation of the issues and the positions taken by the AEC and others makes this study an invaluable resource for all those interested in the continuing controversies that surround nuclear energy. The late 1960s saw an extraordinary growth in the American nuclear industry: dozens of plants of unprecedented size were ordered throughout the country. Yet at the same time, public concern about the natural environment and suspicion of both government and industry increased dramatically. Containing the Atom is the first scholarly history of nuclear power regulation during those tumultuous years. J. Samuel Walker focuses on the activities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the agency entrusted with the primary responsibility for the safety of nuclear power, and shows that from the beginning the AEC faced a paradox: it was charged with both promoting and controlling the nuclear power industry. Out of this paradox grew severe tensions, which Walker discusses in detail. His balanced evaluation of the issues and the positions taken by the AEC and others makes this study an invaluable resource for all those interested in the continuing controversies that surround nuclear energy.
Active Faults and Nuclear Regulation
Author: Yasuhiro SuzukiPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811507651
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This book reviews the active faults around nuclear power plants in Japan and recommends an optimal method of nuclear power regulation controlled by the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan. The active faults around nuclear power plants have been underestimated in Japan since the latter half of the 20th century. However, based on the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, the book sheds light on why the risks of active faults were underestimated, and discusses the optimal scientific method of assessing those risks. Further, the author shares his experiences in the new standard for nuclear regulation creation team and in the active fault survey at the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan. This book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, academic and policy-makers, as well as non-experts interested in nuclear safety.
Nuclear Energy Regulation, Risk and The Environment
Author: Abdullah Al FaruquePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351240048
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Analyzing the impact and benefits of nuclear energy on environment, this book examines nuclear treaties in relation to environmental protection, highlights legal framework on non-proliferation and denuclearization, explores treaties on nuclear safety and nuclear security, discusses legal regimes on management of nuclear wastes, assesses the third-party liability regime and discusses the role of IAEA, EURATOM and NEA in regulating nuclear energy. It explores nuclear energy in the context of climate change and sustainable development. This book also examines the international legal framework on notification, assistance and emergency preparedness in the event of nuclear accidents, considers legal aspects of decommissioning of nuclear power plants and main legislative trends on nuclear energy use in selected countries. It also addresses regulatory responses to nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima power plant nuclear accident in Japan.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Public AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Nuclear Regulation
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear industry
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Safety Evaluation Report by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in the Matter of Puget Sound Power and Light Company [et Al.], Skagit Nuclear Power Project, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-522 and 50-523 : [main Report].
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Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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