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Conservation fallout : nuclear protest at Diablo Canyon
- Title
- Conservation fallout : nuclear protest at Diablo Canyon / John Wills.
- Author
- Wills, John, 1971-
- Publication
- Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xiv, 244 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Vehement, widespread opposition accompanied the rise of the U.S. nuclear industry during the 1960s and 1970s. In Conservation Fallout, John Wills examines one of the most controversial projects of the period: Pacific Gas and Electric Company's decision to build its premier nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, a relatively unsettled, biologically rich, and especially scenic part of the central California coastline."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.
- Contents
- Diablo Canyon wilds -- From cattle ranch to atomic homestead -- Local mothers, earthquake country, and the "nuclear center of America" -- The showdown -- Living alongside the machine -- Reconnecting the headland -- Conclusion : the energy bomb and conservation fallout.
- ISBN
- 0874176808 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006012049
- 9780874176803
- OCLC
- OCM67240304
- SCSB-5277293
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries