Politics of Nuclear Energy in China

Informationen zum Autor 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 Powering China (2002), Electricity Reform in China , India and Russia (2004), The Governance of World Trade (2004) and Inside the World Bank (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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?

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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?

Product details

• Authors: Yi-chong Xu, X Yi-chong, X. Yi-Chong, Xu Yi-Chong
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349310340
• ISBN: 978-1-349-31034-0
• No. of pages: 249
• Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment; Energy, Climate and the Enviro; Energy, Climate and the Environment
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Environmental Policy, Political Science, Politics & government, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear power & engineering, Environmental Politics, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, US Politics, United States—Politics and government, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Radiation protection, Radiation—Safety measures, Nuclear issues, American Politics, Radiation Dosimetry and Protection