Peculiar politics of nuclear power

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · Bull. At. Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.1982.11455824· OSTI ID:6805734

Green, H P

The struggle to regulate the atom has produced compromises that could balance competing social pressures only temporarily. Creating special authorities invited social and political reaction that would ultimately lead to their destruction, but they had to become visibly troublesome to many members of the public before they could be abolished. The same is true of the censorship policy created to protect atomic secrets. If nuclear regulation is to succeed as sound public policy, it must recognize that public policy means everyone. Greene outlines a way out of the current impasse that eliminates some of the regulatory steps allowing excessive intercession and takes steps to improve regulatory credibility.

• Research Organization: George Washington Univ., Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6805734
• Journal Information: Bull. At. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. At. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 38:10; ISSN BASIA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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