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The nuclear enterprise : high-consequence accidents : how to enhance safety and minimize risks in nuclear weapons and reactors / edited by George P. Shultz and Sidney D. Drell.

Author/creator Nuclear Enterprise Conference (2011 : Hoover Institution)
Other author/creatorShultz, George P., 1920-2021.
Other author/creatorDrell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-2016.
Other author/creatorHoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoStanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2012.
Descriptionxvii, 370 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Series Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 626
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 626. ^A283591
Contents Designing and building nuclear weapons to meet high safety standards / by Sidney D. Drell -- A personal account of steps toward achieving safer nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal / by Robert L. Peurifoy -- The interplay between civilian and military nuclear risk assessment , and sobering lessons from Fukushima and the space shuttle / by Christopher Stubbs -- Long-range effects of nuclear disasters / by Raymond Jeanloz -- Naval nuclear power as a model for civilian applications / by Drew Dewalt -- Lessons learned of "lessons learned" : evolution in nuclear power safety and operations / by Edward Blandford and Michael May -- Nuclear technology development : evolution or gamble? / by Per F. Peterson and Regis A. Matzie -- The spent fuel problem / by Robert J. Budnitz -- International issues related to nuclear energy / by William F. Martin and Burton Richter -- Fukushima and the future of nuclear power in China and India / by Jeremy Carl -- The capture theory of regulation / by Gary S. Becker -- The federal regulatory process as a constraint on regulatory capture / by John F. Cogan -- A comparison of government regulation of risk in the financial services and nuclear power industries / by John B. Taylor and Frank A. Wolak -- Discussion notes on the economics of nuclear energy / by Michael J. Boskin -- Media and public policy / by Jim Hoagland -- The nuclear credibility gap : three crises / by David E. Hoffmann.
General notePapers presented at the Nuclear Enterprise Conference, held October 3-4, 2011 at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012275129
ISBN9780817915247 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0817915249 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780817915254 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0817915257 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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