Description: The promise and peril of nuclear power have been a preoccupation of the modern age. Robert Duffy now examines the politics of nuclear power over the last 50 years, relating broad trends in American politics to changes in the regulation of the nuclear industry to show how federal policies in this area have been made, implemented, and altered.
Brief description:
Robert J. Duffy is an assistant professor of political science at Rider University.
Review Quotes:
"Duffy's careful scholarship is fair to both proponents and opponents of nuclear power. By far the best book on the politics of nuclear power."'Choice
"Duffy's focus on federal government policy making has produced a clear, well-structured study and intelligent reflections on the nature of regulatory politics."--Journal of American History