Risky Business

Informationen zum Autor By Michael D. Mehta Klappentext This David and Goliath story chronicles and analyzes how a small, under-funded public interest group-Durham Nuclear Awareness of Oshawa, Ontario-mobilized opposition to the December 1994 re-licensing of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. Michael D. Mehta explores the struggle between Durham Nuclear Awareness and Canada's nuclear establishment to illustrate how risk as a concept can be used to understand contemporary political conflicts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: The Democracy-Technocracy Quandary Chapter 2 Risk Assessment in the Public Policy Domain Chapter 3 Nuclear Power and Public Protest Chapter 4 The Canadian Nuclear Industry Chapter 5 The Battle Over the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Chapter 6 David and Goliath Meet on the Shore of Lake Ontario Chapter 7 The Future of Nuclear Power in Canada

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By Michael D. Mehta

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This David and Goliath story chronicles and analyzes how a small, under-funded public interest group-Durham Nuclear Awareness of Oshawa, Ontario-mobilized opposition to the December 1994 re-licensing of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. Michael D. Mehta explores the struggle between Durham Nuclear Awareness and Canada's nuclear establishment to illustrate how risk as a concept can be used to understand contemporary political conflicts.

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Chapter 1 Introduction: The Democracy-Technocracy Quandary Chapter 2 Risk Assessment in the Public Policy Domain Chapter 3 Nuclear Power and Public Protest Chapter 4 The Canadian Nuclear Industry Chapter 5 The Battle Over the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Chapter 6 David and Goliath Meet on the Shore of Lake Ontario Chapter 7 The Future of Nuclear Power in Canada