Nuclear implosions : the rise and fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System /
Pope, Daniel, 1946-
Nuclear implosions : the rise and fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System / Daniel Pope. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xix, 282 pages) : map
Site viewed on July 29, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background to fiasco -- WPPSS steps forward -- The second wave -- The construction morass -- Collapse -- Endgame -- Running toward an uncertain future.
This book follows a small public agency in Washington State that undertook one of the most ambitious construction projects in the nation in the 1970s: the building of five large nuclear power plants. By 1983, delays and cost overruns, along with slowed growth of electricity demand, led to cancellation of two plants and a construction halt on two others. Moreover, the agency defaulted on $2.25 billion of municipal bonds, leading to a monumental court case that took nearly a decade to resolve fully. Daniel Pope sets this in the context of the postwar boom's ending, the energy shocks of the 1970s, a new restraint in forecasting demand, and shifting patterns of municipal finance. Nuclear Implosions also traces the entangling alliance between civilian nuclear energy and nuclear weapons and recounts a telling example of how the law has become a primary method of resolving disputes in a litigious society.
English.
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Washington Public Power Supply System.
Washington Public Power Supply System.
Nuclear power plants--Design and construction--Finance.--Washington (State)
Electric utilities--Finance.--Washington (State)
Energy development--United States.
Services publics d'électricité--Finances.--Washington (État)
Énergie--Développement--États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Power Resources--Electrical.
Electric utilities--Finance.
Energy development.
Nuclear power plants--Design and construction--Finance.
United States.
Washington (State)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HD9685.U7 / W3456 2008
333.793/209797
Nuclear implosions : the rise and fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System / Daniel Pope. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xix, 282 pages) : map
Site viewed on July 29, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background to fiasco -- WPPSS steps forward -- The second wave -- The construction morass -- Collapse -- Endgame -- Running toward an uncertain future.
This book follows a small public agency in Washington State that undertook one of the most ambitious construction projects in the nation in the 1970s: the building of five large nuclear power plants. By 1983, delays and cost overruns, along with slowed growth of electricity demand, led to cancellation of two plants and a construction halt on two others. Moreover, the agency defaulted on $2.25 billion of municipal bonds, leading to a monumental court case that took nearly a decade to resolve fully. Daniel Pope sets this in the context of the postwar boom's ending, the energy shocks of the 1970s, a new restraint in forecasting demand, and shifting patterns of municipal finance. Nuclear Implosions also traces the entangling alliance between civilian nuclear energy and nuclear weapons and recounts a telling example of how the law has become a primary method of resolving disputes in a litigious society.
English.
9780511394799 (electronic bk.) 0511394799 (electronic bk.) 1107172624 9781107172623 0511392052 9780511392054 1281370533 9781281370532 9786611370534 6611370536 0511390831 9780511390838 0511394144 9780511394140 0511393369 9780511393365 0511511655 9780511511653 (hardback) (hardback)
9786611370534
137053 MIL
Washington Public Power Supply System.
Washington Public Power Supply System.
Nuclear power plants--Design and construction--Finance.--Washington (State)
Electric utilities--Finance.--Washington (State)
Energy development--United States.
Services publics d'électricité--Finances.--Washington (État)
Énergie--Développement--États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Power Resources--Electrical.
Electric utilities--Finance.
Energy development.
Nuclear power plants--Design and construction--Finance.
United States.
Washington (State)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HD9685.U7 / W3456 2008
333.793/209797