With the nuclear issue back on the agenda worldwide, this highly topical collection steers a path through the controversies, presenting the views of proponents of nuclear expansion, examining the challenges that face them and exploring the arguments of those who support alternative approaches.

'This book is an excellent mix of divergent views on the suddenly re-merging nuclear debate in the UK. Besides covering the history and geography of the technolog, it also gives a rich mix of up-to-date analysis from many perspectives. An essential guide to the nuclear debate in the new context of climate change and fears about energy insecurity' - Professor Gordon MacKerron, Director, Sussex Energy Group, SPRU, University of Sussex and Chair, Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

'Possibly the only UK book covering the contemporary debate. Nuclear or Not?...offers divergent views and perspectives on nuclear power.' - No 2 Nuclear Power

Autorentext
PAUL ALLEN Development Director, Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK ANDREW BLOWERS OBE Previously Professor of Social Sciences (Planning), Department of Geography, Open University, UK and currently Visiting Research Professor, Open University and member of the Government Advisory Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) GEOFFREY BOYLE Senior Lecturer, Department of Design and Innovation, Open University, UK and Director of the energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK GREGG BUTLER Professor of Science in Sustainable Development, University of Manchester, UK and Consultant with Integrated Decision Management Ltd, Preston, UK DAVID ELLIOTT Professor of Technology Policy, Open University, UK and Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK IAN FAIRLIE Independent Consultant on radioactivity in the environment ANTHONY FROGGATT Independent researcher and freelance writer in energy policy HORACE HERRING Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK STEPHEN KIDD Director of Strategy and Research, World Nuclear Association, London, UK DAVE LOWRY Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK GRACE McGLYNN Works for Integrated Decision Management Ltd, Preston, UK CATHERINE MITCHELL Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Management Under Regulation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK WILLIAM J. NUTTALL Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK JONATHAN SCURLOCK Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK and works for North East Community Forests BRIDGET WOODMAN UKERC Research Fellow, Centre for Management Under Regulation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK

Inhalt
Preface; A.Blowers Introduction; D.Elliott PART I: SETTING THE SCENE Nuclear Energy: An Introductory Primer; J.Scurlock A Brief History of Nuclear Developments; J.Scurlock Opposition to Nuclear Power: A Brief History; H.Herring PART II: STRUCTURING THE DEBATE Building or Burning the Bridges to a Sustainable Energy Policy; G.Butler & G.McGlynn Criteria for a Sustainable Energy Future; P.Allen PART III: THE FUTURE UK ENERGY MIX: STRATEGIC ISSUES Time for a Fresh Look at Nuclear?; S.Kidd Nuclear and Renewables in the UK : Can We Have Both?; D.Elliott PART IV: SOME KEY NUCLEAR ISSUES New Information on Radiation Health Hazards; I.Fairlie Nuclear Waste: The Protracted Debate in the UK; D.Lowry Nuclear's Inherent Insecurities; D.Lowry Risk, Economics and Nuclear Power; C.Mitchell & B.Woodman PART V: NUCLEAR AROUND THE WORLD Nuclear Power - The European Dimension; A.Froggatt Non-Nuclear Sustainable Energy Futures for Germany and the UK; G.Boyle Nuclear Power Around the World; S.Kidd CONCLUSIONS Can Nuclear Ever be Green?; J.Scurlock Nuclear Renaissance Requires Nuclear Enlightenment; W.Nuttall UK Energy Choices - An Enlightened Future? D.Elliott