The Fast Breeder Reactor: Need? Cost? Risk?

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Energy Perspectives for the UK....Pages 13-21
Some Policy Aspects of the Fast Reactor Question....Pages 23-30
The Electricity Sector and Energy Policy....Pages 31-39
A Low-Energy Growth Alternative....Pages 41-48
Technology and Energy Supply....Pages 49-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Fast Reactors and Problems in Their Development....Pages 61-74
The Assessment and Assumptions of Risk with Fast Reactors; An Alternative View—Some Safety Considerations of the Fast Breeder Reactor....Pages 75-92
The UK Fast Breeder Programme....Pages 93-101
Radiation Hazards: Areas of Uncertainty....Pages 103-116
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
The Economics of Coal and Nuclear Power Plants....Pages 119-142
Nuclear Power Economics....Pages 143-161
Critique of the Economic Case for the Fast Reactor....Pages 163-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Plutonium and Proliferation Problems....Pages 177-189
Nuclear Power and Civil Liberties....Pages 191-198
Back Matter....Pages 199-232