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Atomic Energy Costing

Atomic Energy Costing

Young, Warren

Hardcover

Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, Book 29

AccountingEconomicsTechnology & Engineering

ISBN10: 079238329X
ISBN13: 9780792383291
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 30 1998
Pages: 125
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In the centennial year of the birth of Sir John Cockcroft, first master of my Cam- bridge College, Churchill, and the first man to split the atomic nucleus by artificial means, it is indeed relevant to consider the outcome of his efforts at developing atomic power. From the earliest days of the construction of Calder Hall-the first nuclear power station in Britain-and the establishment of the British Atomic Re- search Center at Harwell, and the Chalk River Nuclear Station in Canada, through the Windscale nuclear accident in Britain, up to the present, when some 20% of UK energy is derived from nuclear power, the Cockcroft legacy is felt. As the British historian Mark Goldie put it, in the pure and sanguine 1950s, Cockcroft had almost absolute faith in 'peaceful atoms' and in the boundless, almost cost free, energy that atoms would soon produce (Goldie, 1997, p. 21). But, as the eminent economist Frank Hahn recalled, the only failing Cockcroft had was that he wasn't up to much in economics. Indeed, Hahn recalled that he had to explain to Cockcroft the economic notion of optimum durability as it related to the interest rate in the context of building Churchill College with hand-made bricks. After his explana- tion, as Hahn recalled Cockcroft smiled and proceeded to order more hand-made bricks (Hahn, 1997, p. 27).

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