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Contents are derived from Russian sources which to date are unavailable to non-Russian speaking readers
Explains the factors that led to the conclusion that Russia today is more powerful in nuclear weapons system and its delivery, which has provoked President Trump to cancel the strategic nuclear weapons reduction treaty
Considers all options for all nuclear powers, and related issues, in a comprehensive approach
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Political Economy of Nuclear Power
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Front Matter
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Retrospect of Nuclear Power Development
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Front Matter
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Prospect of Nuclear Power Development
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Using primarily Russian sources, this book explains the political and economic aspects of nuclear power. The nuclear fuel cycle is described, from the mining of natural uranium to the ultimate power generation, and to reprocessing to produce plutonium which is essential for both electricity generation and for weapons production. Historical aspects of nuclear developments in Germany, the USA, India, China and the Soviet Union are also considered and explained. The book then proceeds to argue that Russia is more powerful today in its nuclear weapons system and delivery than ever before, and that it is precisely this which has provoked President Trump to cancel the strategic nuclear weapons reduction treaty.
Keywords
- nuclear fuel cycle
- mining of natural uranium
- the ultimate power generation
- plutonium
- historical aspects of nuclear developments
- strategic nuclear weapons reduction treaty
- Russian nuclear weapons system
- technology of the nuclear energy and weapons system
- The future of nuclear energy
- World Atomic Policy
- nuclear weapons
- uranium
- Heizenberg
- Nazi weapons Development
Authors and Affiliations
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Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Dipak Basu
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Reitaku University, Chiba, Japan
Victoria W. Miroshnik
About the authors
Victoria W. Miroshnik is Professor in Management at Reitaku University in Tokyo, Japan. She has a PhD from the University of Glasgow and was previously a professor at OP Jindal University, in New Delhi, India. She has published 15 books and approximately 25 articles in major journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Political Economy of Nuclear Energy
Book Subtitle: Prospects and Retrospect
Authors: Dipak Basu, Victoria W. Miroshnik
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27029-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27028-5Published: 06 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27031-5Published: 06 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27029-2Published: 25 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 275
Topics: Natural Resource and Energy Economics, Nuclear Energy, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Political Economy/Economic Systems, International Political Economy