Sizewell: good value for consumers' money?
Abstract For consumers, the overriding issues in electricity policy are always likely to be those which affect prices, both in the near future and over the longer term. It is therefore the ‘need and economics’ part of the overall case for Sizewell that consumers’ representatives chose to scrutinize. This paper argues that there are no compelling short-term reasons to start construction of Sizewell at the earliest possible time. Further, long-term considerations suggest that there are good reasons not to make an early commitment to the Westinghouse fourloop design of PWR, either for Sizewell or for subsequent orders.
NUCLEAR POWER IN THE US AND UK: THE ROLE OF SITING IN SAFETY PHILOSOPHY
Reactor safety has featured prominently in the nuclear debate in the US and UK throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s. Public acceptability of nuclear power will largely be related to the resolution of safety issues. In view of the proposal by the UK Central Electricity Generating Board to build PW Rs, this paper discusses the safety philosophies which have evolved in both countries. Whereas UK safety authorities have consistently advocated siting as a means to minimise the residual risks of nuclear generation, their UK counterparts consider siting to be only of marginal relevance as a safety measure. This is borne out from a cluster analysis of 109 sites using 12 demographic variables. A sixfold classification illustrates the predominance of remote sites in the US and high population density sites in the UK. A search for more remote, safer sites in the UK is advocated.
Political authority and obligation in Aristotle
1. The explanatory power of ethics in Aristotle's theory of politics and law 2. Nature and normativity 3. The concept of political authority 4. Morality and political obligation 5. The question of political obligation 6. The justification of political authority 7. The limits of political obligation Conclusion Index locorum Index nominum General index