Very Risky Business
A Power Reactor for New York City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4955496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George T Mazuzan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 262 |
| Publication date | 1986-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3105145 |
| OpenAlex | W2328156316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Public concern about the safety of nuclear power continues unabated in the United States. The industry as well as its federal regulators are scrutinized and criticized regularly. One needs only to sample the voluminous literature published to date to see that much of it is harsh and often rings with emotion rather than scholarly detachment.' Enough time has now passed and enough records are currently open, however, to permit us to glance backward a few years and look with detail at one of the earliest and significant safety controversies that faced the fledgling nuclear industry.' The case involved an attempt by the Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Edison) to construct a power reactor in the middle of New York City. It under
Business · Nuclear engineering · Physics · Power (physics) · Thermodynamics · Engineering · Environmental Science · Risk Perception and Management
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2014 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |