Nuclear energy and global governance : ensuring safety, security and non-proliferation / Trevor Findlay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Findlay, Trevor, 1951- author.

Series:

Routledge global security studies ; 21.

Routledge global security studies ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy--Security measures.

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear industry.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book considers the implications of the nuclear energy revival for global governance in the areas of safety, security and non-proliferation.Increased global warming, the energy demands of China, India and other emerging economic powerhouses and the problems facing traditional and alternative energy sources have lead many to suggest that there will soon be a nuclear energy 'renaissance'. This book examines comprehensively the drivers of and constraints on the revival, its nature and scope and the possibility that nuclear power will spread significantly beyond the countries which currently re

Contents:

Assessing a nuclear energy revival : the drivers

Assessing the nuclear revival : the constraints

Assessing the "revival"

The current status of global nuclear governance : the nuclear safety regime

The current status of global nuclear governance : nuclear security and nonproliferation

Implications of the nuclear revival for global governance.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-84992-0

1-136-84993-9

1-283-04180-4

9786613041807

0-203-83450-X

9780203834503

OCLC:

764571093