Nuclear Portraits

Communities, the Environment, and Public Policy

Laurel Sefton Macdowell

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University of Toronto Press
07 March 2017

Central government policies; Nuclear issues

In the twenty-first century, nuclear energy has become a hotly contested issue. In the face of climate change, and the search for alternative forms of energy, nuclear power continues to affect the lives of communities around the world.

In Nuclear Portraits, scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia demonstrate the complexity, controversy, contradictions, and dangers that surround many aspects of the nuclear industry. The resulting local, regional, national, and international concerns that arise, such as the disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, call into question the optimism espoused by the nuclear industry. We live in a world with more nuclear nations than ever before and energy policy is central to the mounting global concern about climate change. The innovative essays found in Nuclear Portraits will open your eyes to the realities of nuclear energy, thereby allowing you to decide for yourself whose side you are on.

Edited by: Laurel Sefton Macdowell
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781442626294
ISBN 10: 1442626291
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 07 March 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laurel Sefton MacDowell is professor emerita in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Her prior work on environmental history has been recognized by the Ontario Historical Society and the Canadian Historical Association.

Reviews for Nuclear Portraits: Communities, the Environment, and Public Policy

"""Nuclear Portraits is an engaging addition to the dialogue on the increasingly complex impact of nuclear affairs, dominated by the relationship between risk and perception. In an age of ""fake news"" and ""alternative facts,"" such clarion calls are valuable and necessary."" -- Jason S. Ridler * The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2:June 2018 * ""This is a much-need contribution to nuclear history, one that goes beyond technical, economic, and security related assessments of nuclear energy."" -- Sonja D. Schmid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * Environmental History 24, Jan 2019 *"