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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810346703321

Autore

Findlay Trevor <1951-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-84992-0

1-136-84993-9

1-283-04180-4

9786613041807

0-203-83450-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Routledge global security studies ; ; 21

Disciplina

363.11/93337924

Soggetti

Nuclear energy - Security measures

Nuclear industry

Nuclear nonproliferation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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