Environmental Impact Of Power Generation -- Contents -- Historical Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History -- 3 The Nature and Importance of Environmental Impacts -- 4 Environmental Regulation: the Framework -- 5 Some Important Issues -- 6 Conclusions -- Impact of Power Generation on Air Quality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Trends in Emissions -- 3 Dispersion and Dilution -- 4 Fraction of Smoke and SO2 Leaving the Country -- 5 Lifetime of SO2 -- 6 Proportionality between Emissions and Deposition -- 7 Critical Loads -- 8 International Agreements on Transboundary Pollution -- 9 Road Transport Pollution in the 1990s -- 10 Local Air Quality Management -- 11 Climate Change -- 12 Conclusions -- Environmental Performance of the Liberalized UK Power Industry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Policy -- 3 Policy Implementation-ISO 14001 and EMAS -- 4 Meeting Legislative Requirements -- 5 Impact of New EU Legislation and International Standards -- 6 Environmental Performance Post Privatization -- 7 Towards Sustainability -- BPEO Approaches to the Design and Siting of Power Stations -- 1 The BPEO Concept -- 2 BPEO Assessment Procedure -- 3 Assessment Methodology -- 4 Conclusions -- Environmental Impact of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Radiological Impact -- 3 Non-radiological Environmental Impact -- 4 Future Implications and Summary -- 5 Glossary -- Electric and Magnetic Fields and Ecology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Electric Fields at the Conductor Surface -- 3 Electric Fields and their Effects -- 4 Electric Fields at Ground Level -- 5 Magnetic Fields -- 6 Some Non-field Issues -- 7 Studies of Plants and Animals in the Vicinity of Transmission Lines -- 8 Biological Mechanisms -- 9 Electric and Magnetic Fields and Health -- 10 Limitations on Exposure -- 11 Conclusions -- Energy Efficiency and Conservation -- 1 Introduction to Least Cost Planning.

2 Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) as an Instrument of Strategic Utility Planning -- 3 Accounting for the Environmental Externalities of Electricity Production-A Summary of USA Practice -- 4 Monetization Using Damage Costs -- 5 Monetization Using Control Costs -- 6 Damage Costs versus Control Costs for Policy Purposes -- 7 Unpriceable Environmental Costs -- 8 References -- Subject Index.