The price of nuclear power
Subtitle: uranium communities and environmental justice
By: Stephanie A. Malin
Series: Nature, society, and culture; Nature, society, and culture
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780813569796; 9780813569789
Subjects: Nuclear industry; Government policy; Nuclear power plants; Information services
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction: the paradox of uranium production in a neoliberal era; title: Booms, busts, and bombs : uranium's economic and environmental justice history in the United States; title: Lethal legacies : left in the dust in Monticello, Utah; title: The Piñon Ridge uranium mill : a transnational corporation comes home; title: "Just hanging on by a thread" : isolation, poverty, and social dislocation; title: "Better regs" in an era of deregulation : neoliberalized narratives of uranium industry regulatory compliance; title: Conclusions and solutions : social sustainability and localized energy justice; title: Appendix; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.