Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System
| Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Daniel Pope |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| ISBN | ISBN 9780521402538 (hardcover) ISBN 9780511389283 (e-book) |
| OCLC Number | 172979863 |
| Dewey Decimal | 333.793/209797 22 |
| LC Classification | HD9685.U7 W3456 2008 |
Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System is a 2008 book by Daniel Pope, a history professor at the University of Oregon, which traces the history of the Washington Public Power Supply System, a public agency which undertook to build five large nuclear power plants, one of the most ambitious U.S. construction projects in the 1970s.
By 1983, cost overruns and delays, along with a slowing of electricity demand growth, led to cancellation of two plants and a construction halt on two others. Moreover, the agency defaulted on $2.25 billion of municipal bonds, which is still the largest municipal bond default in U.S. history. The monumental court case which followed took nearly a decade to fully resolve.[1][2][3]
[edit] See also
- Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
- List of books about nuclear issues
- Nuclear power in the United States
- Satsop, Washington
- Bond insurance
[edit] References
- ^ Cambridge University Press Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System Retrieved 2008-11-11
- ^ "Review of 'Nuclear implosions; the rise and fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System'". SciTech Book News. June 2008. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0QLT/is_2008_June/ai_n26676508. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ Pope, Daniel (July 31, 2008). "A Northwest distaste for nuclear power". Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008082460_nukeop31.html. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
