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Critical mass: politics, technology, and the public interest

Journal Article · · Nucl. Saf.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7347702
Critical Mass 1974 and 1975, national conferences of opponents of nuclear power convened by consumer activist Ralph Nader, were held in Washington, D.C., in mid-November 1974 and 1975. Sessions of these conferences were devoted to making the case against nuclear power development in the United States and abroad as well as to delineating strategies for citizen action against the nuclear alternative. The conferences pointed out the broadening of opponents' concerns from merely technical issues to a wide spectrum of social, economic, political, and moral issues. The authors, social scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, discuss the implications of this broadening debate for energy policy.
OSTI ID:
7347702
Journal Information:
Nucl. Saf.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Saf.; (United States) Vol. 17:5; ISSN NUSAA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English