Nuclear or Not?

1. Introduction
David Elliott

Part I. Setting the Scene

2. Nuclear Energy: An Introductory Primer
Jonathan Scurlock

3. A Concise History of the Nuclear Industry Worldwide
Jonathan Scurlock

4. Opposition to Nuclear Power: A Brief History
Horace Herring

Part II. Structuring the Debate

5. Building or Burning the Bridges to a Sustainable Energy Policy
Gregg Butler, Grace McGlynn

6. Criteria for a Sustainable Energy Future
Paul Allen

Part III. The Future UK Energy Mix: Strategic Issues

7. Time for a Fresh Look at Nuclear?
Stephen W. Kidd

8. Nuclear Power and Renewables in the UK: Can We Have Both?
David Elliott

Part IV. Some Key Nuclear Issues

9. New Information on Radiation Health Hazards
Ian Fairlie

10. Nuclear Waste: The Protracted Debate in the UK
David Lowry

11. Nuclear’s Inherent Insecurities
David Lowry

12. Risk, Economics and Nuclear Power
Catherine Mitchell, Bridget Woodman

Part V. Nuclear around the World

13. Nuclear Power – The European Dimension
Antony Froggatt

14. Non-nuclear Sustainable Energy Futures for Germany and the UK
Godfrey Boyle

15. Nuclear Power around the World
Stephen W. Kidd

Part VI. Conclusions

16. Can Nuclear Power Ever be Green?
Jonathan Scurlock

17. Nuclear Renaissance Requires Nuclear Enlightenment
William J. Nuttall

18. UK Energy Choices – An Enlightened Future?
David Elliott

Avainsanat: Environment, Environmental Politics, Political Science, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Military and Defence Studies, Nature Conservation, Urban Studies/Sociology