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Nuclear power and its critics; the Cayuga Lake controversy.

by Nelkin, Dorothy.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Science, technology, and society.Publisher: Ithaca, Cornell University Press [1971]Description: x, 128 p. illus., map. 21 cm.ISBN: 080140634X.Subject(s): Nuclear power plants -- New York (State) | Antinuclear movement -- New York (State) -- History | Cayuga Lake Region (N.Y.) -- History
Contents:
Introduction -- I. The need for power versus environmental concerns. Growth of the power industry ; Siting controversies ; Regulated electric power -- II. The local contest. The lake ; The reactor ; The New York State Electric and Gas Corporation -- III. The actors and the action. Plans of the NYSE&G ; Scientific activity ; Citizen activity and NYSE&G response ; Public hearings and political activity -- IV. Salient issues. Economic options of an expanding utility ; Unresolved technical questions ; The behavior of the scientific community in a public controversy ; Policy implications -- Conclusion -- A note on the program on science, technology, and society -- Definitions.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- I. The need for power versus environmental concerns. Growth of the power industry ; Siting controversies ; Regulated electric power -- II. The local contest. The lake ; The reactor ; The New York State Electric and Gas Corporation -- III. The actors and the action. Plans of the NYSE&G ; Scientific activity ; Citizen activity and NYSE&G response ; Public hearings and political activity -- IV. Salient issues. Economic options of an expanding utility ; Unresolved technical questions ; The behavior of the scientific community in a public controversy ; Policy implications -- Conclusion -- A note on the program on science, technology, and society -- Definitions.

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