The Nuclear Enterprise; High-Consequence Accidents: How to Enhance Safety and Minimize Risks in Nuclear Weapons and Reactors
Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2012. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xvii, [1], 369, [3] pages. Decorative cover. Slight cover wear. Some illustrations in color. Signed on the half-title page by George P. Shultz and Sydney Drell! Abbreviations. List of Figures and Tables. Preface. Introduction. Session I Safety Issues--Nuclear Weapons; Session II Nuclear Reactor Safety; Session III Economic and Regulatory Reform; and Session IV Media and Public Safety. Also includes Conference Agenda, About the Authors, and Index. This book on the nuclear enterprise is the result of a conference held at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on October 3-4, 2011. A panel of expert contributors offers its views on the risks and rewards of the nuclear enterprise, focusing on issues of safety, regulation, and public perception. Contributors discuss specific experience and issues regarding the technical safety of weapons and power plants, management operations, regulatory measures, and the importance of accurate communication by the media. Among the topics addressed were designing nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons safety, Nuclear Risk Assessment, Naval Nuclear Power, Nuclear Disasters, Lessons Learned, Nuclear Technology, Spent Nuclear Fuel, Fukushima, Federal Regulation, Nuclear Energy, Energy Economics, Public Policy, and Credibility Gap. Among the authors are; Michael May, Burton Richter, Sydney Drell, Michael Boskin, and Jim Hoagland. George Pratt Shultz (December 13, 1920 – February 6, 2021) was an American economist, diplomat, and businessman. He served in various positions under three different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held four different Cabinet-level posts (the other being Elliot Richardson). Shultz played a major role in shaping the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. He graduated from Princeton University before serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. After the war, Shultz earned a Ph.D. in industrial economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He served on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers. He served as Richard Nixon's Secretary of Labor. In that position, he imposed the Philadelphia Plan on construction contractors who refused to accept black members, marking the first use of racial quotas by the federal government. In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management and Budget, and he served in that position until his appointment as United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1972. He accepted President Ronald Reagan's offer to serve as United States Secretary of State. He held that office from 1982 to 1989. Shultz pushed for Reagan to establish relations with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, which led to a thaw between the United States and the Soviet Union. Shultz retired from public office in 1989 but remained active. He served as an informal adviser to George W. Bush and helped formulate the Bush Doctrine of preemptive war. Sidney David Drell (September 13, 1926 – December 21, 2016) was an American theoretical physicist and arms control expert. He was professor emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Drell was a noted contributor in the fields of quantum electrodynamics and high-energy particle physics. The Drell–Yan process is partially named for him. Drell was active as a scientific advisor to the U.S. government, and was a founding member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group. He was also on the board of directors of Los Alamos National Security, the company that operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was an expert in the field of nuclear arms control and cofounder of the Center for International Security and Arms Control, now the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He was a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Nuclear weapons, Weapon safety, Nuclear Risk Assessment, Naval Nuclear Power, Nuclear Disasters, Lessons Learned, Nuclear Technology, Spent Nuclear Fuel, Fukushima, Federal Regulation, Nuclear Energy, Energy Economics, Public Policy, Credibility Gap
ISBN: 9780817915254
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Price: $500.00