Development of the atomic power industry in poland: Public debate on environmental conservation versus economic needs

Abstract

Depending on the adopted principles of their domestic energy policy, individual countries responded in different ways to the information coming in from Japan. The majority of European countries having atomic power stations recommended inspection of the installations, particularly of those of older types. Discussion concerning the safety of nuclear installations also flared up. Opponents of the atomic power industry and environmentalists, asexpected, pointed to a need to lean energy production toward so-called renewable energy sources. This chapter explores public debate on the planned construction of nuclear power station in Poland in the aftermath of the Chernobyl and Japanese nuclear reactor explosions.

Citation

Sawa-Czajka, E. (2013), "Development of the atomic power industry in poland: Public debate on environmental conservation versus economic needs", Voices of Globalization (Research in Political Sociology, Vol. 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 233-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0895-9935(2013)0000021014