SPECIAL ISSUE: Nuclear Power - Myth and Reality
The risks and prospects of nuclear power
Nuclear Issues Paper No. 1
By Gerd Rosenkranz
- Introduction
- A reminder: The persistent risk of forgetting
- Safety: The crucial issue for nuclear power
- Suicide attacks: A new dimension of threat
- Nuclear power plants: Radioactive targets in conventional warfare
- Siamese twins: Civilian and military nuclear power applications
- The open cycle: Leaks at the front and back
- Nuclear climate protection: Naive proposals
- Cheap nuclear power: If the state foots the bill
- Conclusion: Renaissance of statements
The Author
Gerd Rosenkranz earned a doctorate in material science as well as a degree in metal engineering.
Following postgraduate studies in communication science, he worked for around 20 years as a journalist for national daily and weekly newspapers, and most recently for five years until 2004 as an editor at the Berlin office of Der Spiegel, with a focus on environmental and energy policy.
Since October of 2004 he has been the policy director at the Berlin office of Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
Nuclear Issues Papers, No. 1:
Nuclear Power - Myth and Reality
The risks and prospects of nuclear power
By Gerd Rosenkranz
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The following paper does not necessarily represent the views of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
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