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Nuclear Energy Development in Asia

Problems and Prospects

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Xu Yi-chong

    1. Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia

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Part of the book series: Energy, Climate and the Environment (ECE)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Nuclear Energy in Asia: An Overview

    • Xu Yi-chong
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Asia

    • Xu Yi-chong
    Pages 14-42

  4. Nuclear Energy Development in China

    • Sang Dongli
    Pages 43-67

  5. The Indian Nuclear Energy Programme: the Quest for Independence

    • Lavina Lee
    Pages 68-97

  6. Nuclear Energy Development in Japan

    • Toshihiko Nakata
    Pages 98-115

  7. Japan’s Commitment to Nuclear Power: Grand Scheme or Pipedream?

    • Jeff Graham
    Pages 116-140

  8. Nuclear Energy Development in South Korea

    • Maeng-Ho Yang, Xu Yi-chong
    Pages 141-162

  9. The Past, Present and Future of Nuclear Power in Taiwan

    • Min Lee
    Pages 163-189

  10. Challenging Chernobyl’s Legacy: Nuclear Power Policies in Europe, Russia and North America in the Early Twenty-First Century

    • Per Högselius
    Pages 190-210

  11. Implications for Australia as a Supplier of Uranium to the Asian Region

    • Stuart Harris
    Pages 211-230

  12. Nuclear Energy and Development

    • Xu Yi-chong
    Pages 231-240

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 241-246
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About this book

An exploration of how and why Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and India have initiated and developed nuclear energy programs and what challenges they face today. Were the nuclear programmes driven by the low energy endowment, a desire to pursue international prestige, national security concerns, environmental pollution or economic development?

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'Complex and many-faceted contains a wealth of genuine, interesting and valuable historical contextual and current information concerning the prospects for a nuclear renaissance focusing on a very broad geo-political area, from a group of, almost exclusively, experienced and adept pro-nuclear academics and practitioners. In general, the predominant portrayal of the risks and uncertainties associated with the nuclear fuel cycle are largely characterized as containable, known, and societally acceptable. These insights, quite rightly, take their place in the energy futures debate.' Paul Dorfman, Senior Researcher, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia

    Xu Yi-chong

About the editor

JEFF GRAHAM, Lecturer at the Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia. STUART HARRIS, Emeritus Professor, Department of International Relations, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, Australian National University. PER HÖGSELIUS, Division of History of Sciences and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. TOSHIHIKO NAKATA, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University Aoba-Yama Sendai, Japan. LAVINA LEE, Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. MIN LEE, Professor, Department of Engineering and System Science, College of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. SANG DONGLI, Associate Professor, School of Law, Zhengzhou University, China. MAENG-HO YANG, Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), South Korea. XU YI-CHONG, Research Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia.

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