The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China

2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-22890-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 235 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 455 g

Reihe: Energy, Climate and the Environment

Explores the history and challenges of nuclear energy development in China, across five main areas: politics, economics, environment, technology transfer and the nuclear fuel cycle. It emphasizes the political challenges in developing a set of long-term national strategies to ensure speedy, safe and secure nuclear energy development.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yi-Chong, X.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction From Bomb to Power Expanding the Nuclear Energy Program Who Decides? The Politics of Nuclear Energy Who Pays? The Economics of Nuclear Energy Technology Adoption or Technology Innovation Fuelling the Future: the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Who Cares? The Public and the Environment Is Nuclear the Future?

Über Autor(innen)

XU YI-CHONG is Research Professor in the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia. Xu has previously written on energy security and international organizations and her work includes (2002), , (2004), (2004) and (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).