expert debate and public participation in American commercial nuclear power, 1945-1975 /
Brian Balogh.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1991.
xi, 340 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From fission to fusion: professionalization and politics in twentieth-century America -- The promise of the proministrative state: nuclear experts and national politics, 1945-1947 -- forging an iron triangle: the politics of verisimilitude -- Triangulating demand: the Atomic Energy Commission's first decade of commercialization -- The centrifugal push of expertise: reactor safety, 1947-1960 -- The magnetic pull of professional disciplines, issue networks, and local government -- Nuclear experts on top, not on tap: mainstreaming expertise, 1957-1970 -- Nuclear experts everywhere: the challenge to nuclear power, 1960-1975 -- Conclusion: harnessing political chain reactions.
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University of South Alabama
Consulting engineers-- United States.
Nuclear engineering-- United States-- Safety measures.
Nuclear industry-- Government policy-- United States-- Citizen participation.
Nuclear industry-- Government policy-- United States.
Bürgerbeteiligung
Conseillers scientifiques-- États-Unis-- 20e siècle.
Consulting engineers.
Énergie nucléaire-- États-Unis-- 20e siècle.
Experte
Geschichte (1945-1975)
Industrie nucléaire-- Politique publique-- États-Unis-- 20e siècle.
Kernenergie.
Kernenergiepolitik
Nuclear engineering-- Safety measures.
Nuclear industry-- Government policy-- Citizen participation.
Nuclear industry-- Government policy-- United States.
Nuclear industry-- Government policy.
Nuclear industry-- United States-- Citizen participation.
Participatie.
Politique nucléaire-- Participation des citoyens-- États-Unis-- 20e siècle.