Planning inquiries, such as the Windscale Inquiry in which the UK debated whether to allow expansion of a nuclear reprocessing plant, are not the only means for debating the UK's technological future.Here Professor David Pearce, Ms Lynne Edwards, and Mr Geoff Bueret discuss the options
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The authors are researching into the implications of the Windscale Inquiry for future energy decisions in the UK. They wish to acknowledge a grant from the Energy Panel of the Social Science Research Council.
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Pearce, D., Edwards, L. & Bueret, G. Energy: how to decide. Nature 272, 115–116 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/272115a0
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