Nuclear Energy Safety and International Cooperation - Closing the World''s Most Dangerous Reactors

The book is the first academic study to evaluate the effectiveness of Western governments' efforts in the 1990s to heighten international nuclear energy safety and to examine how, despite this, safety culture remained largely unchanged by the governments operating some of the most dangerous reactors in the world.

List of contents

1. Political rules and nuclear safety 2. Ukraine's uneasy past and uncertain future 3. Armenia at the crossroads 4. Lithuania reluctant but resolved to obey 5. Bulgaria, what a strange trip it has been 6. Overcoming Slovakia's Meciar problem 7. Delaying disaster

About the author

Spencer Barrett Meredith, III has worked in the field of international relations as a professor and practitioner for more than a decade, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as serving as a Fulbright Scholar in the Caucasus and a guest lecturer for the US Department of State in South and East Asia. He is currently an Associate Professor at the College of International Security Affairs in the US National Defense University.

Summary

The book is the first academic study to evaluate the effectiveness of Western governments’ efforts in the 1990s to heighten international nuclear energy safety and to examine how, despite this, safety culture remained largely unchanged by the governments operating some of the most dangerous reactors in the world.

Product details

• Authors: III Meredith, Spencer Barrett Meredith, Spencer Meredith III, Spencer Barrett Meredith III
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9781138018501
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01850-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy; Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy; Routledge Studies in Environme
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Science / Environmental Science, Public safety issues, Social and ethical issues, Nuclear issues