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Securing the Energy Future of the United States:

Oil, Nuclear, and Electricity Vulnerabilities and
a post-September 11, 2001 Roadmap for Action

By: Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.

A preliminary report of IEER's energy assessment project

November 2001

Press Release | PDF version of entire report [364KB; 61 pages]

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Summary and Recommendations

A. Plan comparison summary
B. Main recommendations
C. Main findings
D. Other Policy recommendations

1. Federal level
2. State and local actions

Chapter 2: Energy System Security Criteria

A. Oil
B. Nuclear power and nuclear materials

1. Existing reactors
2. New nuclear power proposals
3. Spent fuel pools
4. Plutonium vulnerabilities C. Global warming and security vulnerabilities
D. Energy infrastructure
E. Oil and Nuclear Vulnerability Summary

Chapter 3: The Bush Administration and the IEER Energy Plans

A. The Bush administration's energy plan
B. The IEER Energy Plan

Chapter 4: Vulnerability Comparison: The Bush and IEER Energy Plans

Chapter 5: Policy Recommendations

A. Oil 1. Personal passenger vehicles
2. Public transportation policy B. Nuclear power and spent fuel
C. Plutonium
D. Electricity system restructuring
E. Policy recommendations
F. State and local actions

References

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October 2001
PDF posted February 2002