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The Nuclear Power Debate: The Politics of Nuclear Power

Mike Nahan on the politics of nuclear power

Alan Moran on the economics of nuclear power

Tom Quirk on the safe disposal of waste

When I was a young boy, nuclear power was widely seen as the energy of the future-clean, cheap, flexible and abundant. Even though it was at the height of the Cold War and memories of the destructive power of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs remained fresh in people's minds, they were able to differentiate between the uses of the technology for war and peace. Indeed, the motto at the time was 'atoms for peace'.

As a result, hundreds of nuclear power plants were built around the world, starting in the 1950s into the late 1980s. At its peak, nuclear power came to ...

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