Location, location, location : geology is destiny -- Imagine this : a whole town rallies in support of a nuclear power plant -- Regulators : safety rules and the Spanish Inquisition -- To build a nuclear power plant : Admiral Rickover's way -- A utility and a chemical company : can this marriage endure? -- Consumers power : challenges of managing new notions -- Let Bechtel do it : just make it a megaproject -- 1968 : forces not under your control matter -- Mary Sinclair : no typical 1960s woman -- How to react to Midland Plant critics : shame, organize, label -- Midland pride : why Midlanders supported the Midland Nuclear Plant -- Myron Cherry : bright, dedicated, and mean -- Construction quality control : an unredeemed promise of reformation --1975 : carry on with the Midland Plant -- Midland Plant : opportunities (and frustrations) for all --1978 : not only optimism sinks and cracks -- TMI2 : definitely not too much information -- People power : four thousand march -- The 1980s : problems intensify as the money drains -- Quality control problems : déjà vu -- Brink of bankruptcy : no sales contract, no cost recovery, and no money -- 1985 : what happened next? -- Consumers power to consumers energy : from nuclear to natural gas and beyond

"This book explores the failed construction of two nuclear reactors in Midland, Michigan, between the 1960s and the 1980s"--