Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by SIDNEY D. DRELL, GEORGE P. SHULTZ, and STEVEN P. ANDREASEN -- Session I: Safety Issues-Nuclear Weapons -- 1 Designing and Building Nuclear Weapons to Meet High Safety Standards by SIDNEY D. DRELL -- 2 A Personal Account of Steps Toward Achieving Safer Nuclear Weapons in the U.S. Arsenal by ROBERT L. PEURIFOY -- 3 The Interplay Between Civilian and Military Nuclear Risk Assessment, and Sobering Lessons from Fukushima and the Space Shuttle by CHRISTOPHER STUBBS -- 4 Long-Range Effects of Nuclear Disasters by RAYMOND JEANLOZ -- 5 Naval Nuclear Power as a Model for Civilian Applications by DREW DEWALT -- Session II: Nuclear Reactor Safety -- 6 Lessons Learned of "Lessons Learned": Evolution in Nuclear Power Safety and Operations by EDWARD BLANDFORD and MICHAEL MAY -- 7 Nuclear Technology Development: Evolution or Gamble? by PER F. PETERSON and REGIS A. MATZIE -- 8 The Spent Fuel Problem by ROBERT J. BUDNITZ -- 9 International Issues Related to Nuclear Energy by WILLIAM F. MARTIN and BURTON RICHTER -- 10 Fukushima and the Future of Nuclear Power in China and India by JEREMY CARL -- Session III: Economic and Regulatory Issues -- 11 The Capture Theory of Regulation by GARY S. BECKER -- 12 The Federal Regulatory Process as a Constraint on Regulatory Capture by JOHN F. COGAN -- 13 A Comparison of Government Regulation of Risk in the Financial Ser vices and Nuclear Power Industries by JOHN B. TAYLOR and FRANK A. WOLAK -- 14 Discussion Notes on the Economics of Nuclear Energy by MICHAEL J. BOSKIN -- Session IV: Media and Public Policy -- 15 Media and Public Policy by JIM HOAGLAND -- 16 The Nuclear Credibility Gap: Three Crises by DAVID E. HOFFMAN -- Conference Agenda -- About the Authors -- Index.