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Nuclear Power and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: Can We Have One without the Other? [Paperback]

Sharon Tanzer (Author), Steven Dolley (Author), Paul Leventhal (Author)
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August 1, 2002
In the wake of California’s energy crisis, policymakers’ rush to satisfy growing demand requirements may run the risk of naively ignoring the larger issues and dangers associated with increased reliance on nuclear power. A connection between national nuclear power programs and nuclear proliferation can be found in the strategic initiatives of North Korea, Iraq, Iran, India, and Pakistan.

In response to this threat, the Nuclear Control Institute has assembled a consortium of experts to underscore the connection that exists between nuclear power and the proliferation of nuclear weapons. They evaluated proliferation risks and proposed viable alternative energy sources. This volume includes the analysis of such respected thinkers as Pulitzer Prize–winning author Richard Rhodes; Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.); Amory Lovins, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute; and Amb. Robert Galucci, dean of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

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Paul Leventhal is president and founder, Sharon Tanzer is vice president, and Steven Dolley is research director of the Nuclear Control Institute. Founded in 1981, NCI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy center that monitors worldwide nuclear activities and pursues strategies to halt the spread of nuclear arms. NCI is located in Washingon, D.C.

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.; 1 edition (August 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1574884956
  • ISBN-13: 978-1574884951
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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This review is from: Nuclear Power and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: Can We Have One without the Other? (Paperback)
Leventhal summarises a workshop in 2001 that argued whether nuclear proliferation and nuclear power were separable. The book has strong, articulate arguments for and against this claim. Whatever your current views on this issue, you might profitably gain by reading the book. It does not present straw dummies on one side.

Overall, it seems from the book that there is at least a weak, causal connection between proliferation and power. Some countries can indeed use the public claim of installing nuclear power plants to aid in the clandestine assemblage of fissile material and weapons. Or, perhaps, without even going so far, to build out a physical and human infrastructure, to enable a later rapid breakout if the need is perceived to arise.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bare crit, protracted diversion, seawater uranium, annual capital charge rate, proliferation resistance, fizzle yield, electrolytic technology, radiological sabotage, accelerator transmutation, plutonium industry, nuclear weapons connection, plutonium business, aquifer disposal, carbon dioxide disposal, modular reactor, nuclear parks, civil nuclear technology, percent capacity factor, geological sequestration, plutonium program, energy supply technologies, civilian plutonium, atomic vapor laser isotope separation, high burnup, materials accountancy
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United States, International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Department of Energy, North Korea, Nuclear Control Institute, South Africa, South Korea, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Security Council, Atomic Energy Commission, Carson Mark, Soviet Union, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, Intergovernmental Panel, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Bertram Wolfe, General Electric, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Manhattan Project, Richard Rhodes, Special Committee, Yucca Mountain, Agreed Framework
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