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Lamson, Cynthia. Fundy Tidal Power: A Technology Assessment System Case Study (Working Paper 9). Marine Law Institute. May 1984. 33 pp.

This paper is one of twelve working papers prepared for a study of the international environmental risks of large-scale coastal energy developments in the Gulf of Maine - Bay of Fundy region. The study was conducted by a team of investigators from the University of Southern Maine, the University of New Hampshire, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Support for the project was provided by the William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. of New York, NY and the Max Bell Foundation of Toronto, Canada. This paper is concerned with the events and decisions taken by Canadians on proposed Fundy tidal power developments from August, 1966 (the signing of the Federal/Provincial tidal Power Study Agreement) to 1983 (the turning of the switch at Annapolis Royal tidal power demonstration project). It is a case study of a technology assessment system and process and, therefore, is both descriptive and analytical. This study attempts to document the issues and the actors which have been most influential in promoting Fundy tidal power development over the past seventeen years.

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