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Accepted to Cool: Conflicts about Cooling Technologies for Riverside Nuclear Power Plants

Zur Kühlung zugelassen: Konflikte um Kühltechnologien für Kernkraftwerke in Flussnähe
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Götter, Christian

Abstract

This article analyses the acceptance or rejection of riverside nuclear power plants' cooling systems. Based upon the case studies of Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom and the German plants Biblis in Hesse and Lingen in Lower Saxony, it argues for two intertwined hypotheses: ... view more

This article analyses the acceptance or rejection of riverside nuclear power plants' cooling systems. Based upon the case studies of Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom and the German plants Biblis in Hesse and Lingen in Lower Saxony, it argues for two intertwined hypotheses: First, that artificial cooling facilities played an important part in galvanising resistance to planned nuclear power plants. The larger their visible impact on their surroundings was, the greater the resistance they aroused, up to the point of becoming primary targets of nuclear power's opponents. Second, that even the largest, most far-reaching, and most visible artefacts could be made acceptable to the local public if, in addition to the features technically necessary for the intended cooling effect, the cooling systems were also equipped with features that were regarded as positive for the surrounding environment and social life.... view less

Keywords
nuclear energy; nuclear power plant; location; river; environmental pollution; antinuclear movement; history of engineering; cultural history; Great Britain; Federal Republic of Germany

Classification
Ecology, Environment
Social History, Historical Social Research

Free Keywords
nuclear power; environmental history; atomic energy; water; cooling system; conflict

Document language
English

Publication Year
2024

Page/Pages
p. 126-147

Journal
Historical Social Research, 49 (2024) 1

Issue topic
Geographies of Nuclear Energy in Past and Present: International Studies

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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