Nuclear_Implosions:_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Washington_Public_Power_Supply_System

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Nuclear Implosions

2008 book by Daniel Pope

Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System is a 2008 book by Daniel Pope, a history professor at the University of Oregon, which traces the history of the Washington Public Power Supply System, a public agency which undertook to build five large nuclear power plants, one of the most ambitious U.S. construction projects in the 1970s.

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By 1983, cost overruns and delays, along with a slowing of electricity demand growth, led to cancellation of two plants and a construction halt on two others. Moreover, the agency defaulted on $2.25 billion of municipal bonds, which is still the largest municipal bond default in U.S. history. The court case that followed took nearly a decade to resolve.[1][2][3]

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  1. [1]
    Cambridge University Press Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System Retrieved 2008-11-11
  2. [2]
    "Review of 'Nuclear implosions; the rise and fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System'". SciTech Book News. June 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  3. [3]
    Pope, Daniel (31 July 2008). "A Northwest distaste for nuclear power". Seattle Times. Retrieved 11 November 2008.


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