Nuclear Energy Development in Asia: Problems and Prospects

✍ Scribed by Xu Yi-chong (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 266
Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment Series
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Nuclear Energy in Asia: An Overview....Pages 1-13
The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Asia....Pages 14-42
Nuclear Energy Development in China....Pages 43-67
The Indian Nuclear Energy Programme: the Quest for Independence....Pages 68-97
Nuclear Energy Development in Japan....Pages 98-115
Japan’s Commitment to Nuclear Power: Grand Scheme or Pipedream?....Pages 116-140
Nuclear Energy Development in South Korea....Pages 141-162
The Past, Present and Future of Nuclear Power in Taiwan....Pages 163-189
Challenging Chernobyl’s Legacy: Nuclear Power Policies in Europe, Russia and North America in the Early Twenty-First Century....Pages 190-210
Implications for Australia as a Supplier of Uranium to the Asian Region....Pages 211-230
Nuclear Energy and Development....Pages 231-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-246

✦ Subjects

Environmental Politics; Political Science; Asian Politics; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Comparative Politics; US Politics

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