Publicatie Laka-bibliotheek:
Pathways into and out of Nuclear Power in Western Europe: Austria, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, and Sweden
| Auteur | Kirchhof, Forstner, Meyer, Trischler, Gerlini, Kaijser |
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6-01-0-40-87.pdf |
| Datum | december 2019 |
| Classificatie | 6.01.0.40/87 (GESCHIEDENIS ONTWIKKELING KERNENERGIE) |
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Uit de publicatie:
Following the United States’ launch of the Atoms for Peace program in
the 1950s, nuclear power appeared to be the modern solution to
humankind’s energy problems. West European democracies like Austria,
Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, and Sweden developed
plans to supply nuclear energy nationwide. Early protests started in
1954 after atomic testing in the Pacific and were directed against
military use of nuclear power and atomic weapons. Later protests shifted
the focus to civilian use of atomic power like nuclear energy supply.
Although in the course of the 1970s trust in this technology began to
fade in many European countries, including the five states presented in
this book, each of them dealt with this challenge in a different way.
This volume identifies commonalities and differences in the nuclear
pathways of the five European countries and points out the crucial
impact of democratic traditions and national histories for a European
continent urgently trying to find its common identity.