Bulgaria's Democratic Consolidation and the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant : The Unattainability of Closure. With a foreword by Richard J. Crampton / Matthew S Tejada, Richard J Crampton, Andreas Umland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tejada, Matthew S, Author.

Contributor:

Crampton, Richard J, Author of introduction, etc.

Umland, Andreas, Editor.

Series:

Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bulgaria.

Nuclear Power.

Energy politics.

Democracy.

Local Subjects:

Bulgaria.

Nuclear Power.

Energy politics.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2014

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

The Author: Matthew Tejada graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Texas in 2000. From 2000-2002 he was a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria. From 2002-2004 he read for an MPhil degree in Russian and East European Studies at St. Antony's College Oxford. After finishing with distinction, Tejada was accepted to a doctoral program at the University of Oxford where he continues focusing on Bulgaria. He lives with his wife Denitsa in Oxford, Texas and Bulgaria. The Foreword Author: Richard J. Crampton is Professor of East European History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St. Edmund Hall Oxford.

Summary:

Bulgaria's post-communist experience has been a fractured transition both politically and economically. How deeply has its democracy been consolidated? Has the residue of Bulgaria's communist era finally been sloughed off? Are there lingering threats to democratic stability that could delay Bulgaria's entry into the EU? And just how genuine a partner has the EU been in helping Bulgaria progress down its transition path? If there is one single issue that can help to illuminate these troubling questions, it is the long and controversial history of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant. With Kozloduy producing perhaps as much as forty percent of Bulgaria's electricity all Bulgarians' fate was inevitably connected with the nuclear plant. That so important a question has not been sufficiently covered in western-language publications is partly due to the fact that information has been so hard to come by, and most researchers did not have the language qualifications necessary to pursue local investigations. Matthew Tejada has interviewed many of those in the Kozloduy saga and has read through archives and other sources not previously made known to western researchers. What he has to say tells us a great deal that is new about a neglected but vitally important issue.

Contents:

""Foreword""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""I The history and problems of the KNPP to June 16,1993""; ""I.1 Communist era nuclear and energy sector policies""; ""I.2 Immediate post-communist goals and policies""; ""I.3 KNPP�s accident history""; ""I.4 The Zhelev Commission report""; ""I.5 First mention of closure and the West�s involvement""; ""I.6 The NSA and Bulgaria�s Grant Agreement""; ""II From the signing of the Grant Agreement in 1993 to December 1999""; ""II.1 Bulgaria�s commitment and the EU�s leadership""

""II.2 The Videnov government, diplomatic fallout and energy crisis""""II.3 1997�s change of government and the continuation of conflict""; ""III From Bulgaria�s accession invitation to the closure of Units 1 and 2""; ""III.1 Steps towards democratization while questions persist""; ""III.2 Simeon II solves some problems yet creates others""; ""III.3 The problems of regulators and regulations""; ""III.4 Other continuing concerns: decommissioning funds, electricity exportation and energy inefficiency""

""III.5 Questions left unaddressed: radioactive waste, uraniummines and the socio-economic impact of closure""""Conclusion""; ""Appendix I: Meeting transcript of July 14 1995""; ""Appendix II: Meeting Transcript of July 18 1996""; ""Appendix III: Meeting Transcript of April 27-28 1998""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783838254395

3838254392

OCLC:

1104088317

Publisher Number:

9783838254395