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Download full textFlavin, Christopher – 1983
Nuclear power was considered vital to humanity's future until just a short time ago. Since the late seventies, economic viability has joined a list of such issues as waste disposal and radiation hazards which call into question the future of nuclear power. This document discusses (in separate sections): (1) the selling of nuclear power, including…
Descriptors: Costs, Economic Factors, Economics, Electricity
Prince-Embury, Sandra – 1985
A meta-analysis of theoretical debates concerned with the assessment of risk associated with the use of nuclear power as an energy source is presented in this paper. Based on a central premise that risk assessment has a direct impact on national policy decisions and is associated with different perspectives reflective of different social sectors,…
Descriptors: Bias, Costs, Decision Making, Economics
