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Limits to a Nuclear Economy

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This book presents the finding of a study that had been conducted over approximately 5 years of research by a large group of scientists on commission of the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology and supported by the Federation of German Scientists (VDW).

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    This text was published in: Klaus Michael Meyer-Abich and Bertram Schefold (Eds.): Die Grenzen der Atomwirtschaft [literally: “The Limits of Nuclear Economy”] (München: Beck 1986): 9–15. It was translated for this volume by Ms. Ann Hentschel with the financial support of the Udo Keller Foundation.

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    K stands for the German Kernkraft which means nuclear power.

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    1. Acht Prognosen (1968), in: Die Kunst der Prognose; 2. Entwicklung und Deckung unseres Energiebedarfs (1975), in: Wege in der Gefahr (1976) [The Politics of Peril]; 3. Kernenergie (1978), in: “Deutlichkeit” (1979); 4. Die offene Zukunft der Kernenergie (1979), in: Diagnosen zur Aktualität (1979)—Texts 1, 2 and 4 are reprinted in: Der bedrohte Friede (München: Hanser, 1981).

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von Weizsäcker, C.F. (2015). Limits to a Nuclear Economy. In: Bartosch, U. (eds) Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Pioneer of Physics, Philosophy, Religion, Politics and Peace Research. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 21. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13446-8_5

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