The Price of Nuclear Power: Uranium Communities and Environmental Justice

by Stephanie A. Malin

Book Overview

Rising fossil fuel prices and concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are fostering a nuclear power renaissance and a revitalized uranium mining industry across the American West. In The Price of Nuclear Power, environmental sociologist Stephanie Malin offers an on-the-ground portrait of several uranium communities caught between the harmful legacy of previous mining booms and the potential promise of new economic development. Using this context,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813569788
• ISBN13: 9780813569789
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"