ABSTRACT
A timely contribution and incisive analysis, this is the story of the British experiment in privatizing the nuclear power industry and its subsequent financial collapse. It tells how the UK's pioneering role in nuclear power led to bad technology choices, a badly flawed restructuring of the electricity industry and the end of government support for
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I The years of optimism (1945–1989)
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Part II A focused industry (1990–1995)
part |2 pages
Part III Life in the private sector (1996–2002)
part |2 pages
Part IV Analysis: The causes of the crisis
part |2 pages
Part V Conclusions: The multiple causes of failure