Nuclear Regulation

Author : J. Samuel Walker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520079137
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Containing the Atom written by J. Samuel Walker and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late 1960s saw an extraordinary growth in the American nuclear industry: dozens of plants of unprecedented size were ordered throughout the country. Yet at the same time, public concern about the natural environment and suspicion of both government and industry increased dramatically. Containing the Atom is the first scholarly history of nuclear power regulation during those tumultuous years. J. Samuel Walker focuses on the activities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the agency entrusted with the primary responsibility for the safety of nuclear power, and shows that from the beginning the AEC faced a paradox: it was charged with both promoting and controlling the nuclear power industry. Out of this paradox grew severe tensions, which Walker discusses in detail. His balanced evaluation of the issues and the positions taken by the AEC and others makes this study an invaluable resource for all those interested in the continuing controversies that surround nuclear energy. The late 1960s saw an extraordinary growth in the American nuclear industry: dozens of plants of unprecedented size were ordered throughout the country. Yet at the same time, public concern about the natural environment and suspicion of both government and industry increased dramatically. Containing the Atom is the first scholarly history of nuclear power regulation during those tumultuous years. J. Samuel Walker focuses on the activities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the agency entrusted with the primary responsibility for the safety of nuclear power, and shows that from the beginning the AEC faced a paradox: it was charged with both promoting and controlling the nuclear power industry. Out of this paradox grew severe tensions, which Walker discusses in detail. His balanced evaluation of the issues and the positions taken by the AEC and others makes this study an invaluable resource for all those interested in the continuing controversies that surround nuclear energy.

Author : Yasuhiro Suzuki
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811507651
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Active Faults and Nuclear Regulation written by Yasuhiro Suzuki and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the active faults around nuclear power plants in Japan and recommends an optimal method of nuclear power regulation controlled by the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan. The active faults around nuclear power plants have been underestimated in Japan since the latter half of the 20th century. However, based on the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, the book sheds light on why the risks of active faults were underestimated, and discusses the optimal scientific method of assessing those risks. Further, the author shares his experiences in the new standard for nuclear regulation creation team and in the active fault survey at the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan. This book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, academic and policy-makers, as well as non-experts interested in nuclear safety.

Author : Gregory B. Jaczko
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476755779
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator written by Gregory B. Jaczko and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking exposé from the most powerful insider in nuclear regulation about how the nuclear energy industry endangers our lives—and why Congress does nothing to stop it. Gregory Jaczko had never heard of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission when he arrived in Washington like a modern-day Mr. Smith. But, thanks to the determination of a powerful senator, he would soon find himself at the agency’s helm. A Birkenstocks-wearing physics PhD, Jaczko was unlike any chairman the agency had ever seen: he was driven by a passion for technology and a concern for public safety, with no ties to the industry and no agenda other than to ensure that his agency made the world a safer place. And so Jaczko witnessed what outsiders like him were never meant to see—an agency overpowered by the industry it was meant to regulate and a political system determined to keep it that way. After an emergency trip to Japan to help oversee the frantic response to the horrifying nuclear disaster at Fukushima in 2011, and witnessing the American nuclear industry’s refusal to make the changes he considered necessary to prevent an equally catastrophic event from occurring here, Jaczko started saying aloud what no one else had dared. Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator is a wake-up call to the dangers of lobbying, the importance of governmental regulation, and the failures of congressional oversight. But it is also a classic tale of an idealist on a mission whose misadventures in Washington are astounding, absurd, and sometimes even funny—and Jaczko tells the story with humor, self-deprecation, and, yes, occasional bursts of outrage. Above all, Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator is a tale of confronting the truth about one of the most pressing public safety and environmental issues of our time: nuclear power will never be safe.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorizations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear waste management written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : IAEA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risk Informed Regulation of Nuclear Facilities written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains guidance on the use of risk information by a regulatory body as part of an integrated decision-making process, covering risk informed decision making and risk informed regulation processes. It considers the advantages and potential safety benefits of risk informed regulation, as well as possible problem areas and expected difficulties.

Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Safety Evaluation Report by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in the Matter of Puget Sound Power and Light Company [et Al.], Skagit Nuclear Power Project, Units 1 and 2, Docket Nos. 50-522 and 50-523 : [main Report]. written by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1112 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances written by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and published by . This book was released on 1975-07 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
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Download or read book International Commercial Nuclear Reactor Safety written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Public Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nuclear Regulatory Commission written by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Public Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: