Table of Contents
Abbreviations vii
List of Figures and Tables ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction Sidney D. Drell George P. Shultz Steven P. Andreasen 1
Session I Safety Issues-Nuclear Weapons
1 Designing and Building Nuclear Weapons to Meet High Safety Standards Sidney D. Drell 25
2 A Personal Account of Steps Toward Achieving Safer Nuclear Weapons in the U.S. Arsenal Robert L. Peurifoy 67
3 The interplay Between Civilian and Military Nuclear Risk Assessment, and Sobering Lessons from Fukushima and the Space Shuttle Christopher Stubbs 91
4 Long-Range Effects of Nuclear Disasters Raymond Jeanloz 107
5 Naval Nuclear Power as a Model for Civilian Applications Drew Dewalt 127
Session II Nuclear Reactor Safety
6 Lessons Learned of "Lessons Learned": Evolution in Nuclear Power Safety and Operations Edward Blandford Michael May 137
7 Nuclear Technology Development: Evolution or Gamble? Per F. Peterson Regis A. Matzie 173
8 The Spent Fuel Problem Robert J.Budnitz 203
9 International Issues Related to Nuclear Energy William F. Martin Burton Richter 209
10 Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear Power in China and India Jeremy Carl 235
Session III Economic and Regulatory Issues
11 The Capture Theory of Regulation Gary S. Becker 263
12 The Federal Regulatory Process as a Constraint on Regulatory Capture John F. Cogan 269
13 A Comparison of Government Regulation of Risk in the Financial Services and Nuclear Power Industries John B. Taylor Frank A. Wolak 275
14 Discussion Notes on the Economics of Nuclear Energy Michael J. Boskin 297
Session IV Media and Public Policy
15 Media and Public Policy Jim Hoagland 311
16 The Nuclear Credibility Gap: Three Crises David E. Hoffman 317
Conference Agenda 345
About the Authors 347
Index 354