05883oam 2200781I 450 991046230270332120200520144314.01-280-66025-297866136371850-203-11526-01-136-29438-410.4324/9780203115268 (CKB)2670000000203394(EBL)957718(OCoLC)818932142(SSID)ssj0000677992(PQKBManifestationID)11415872(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677992(PQKBWorkID)10696821(PQKB)10935851(MiAaPQ)EBC957718(PPN)198457839(Au-PeEL)EBL957718(CaPaEBR)ebr10687225(CaONFJC)MIL363718(OCoLC)796796377(EXLCZ)99267000000020339420180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe national politics of nuclear power economics, security, and governance /Benjamin K. Sovacool and Scott Victor ValentineLondon ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (313 p.)Routledge global security studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-74810-0 0-415-68870-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Why nuclear power?; Contribution to nuclear scholarship; Methods and key concepts; Case selection; Introducing a theory of nuclear socio-political economy; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionalism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network; Subordination of opposition to political authority; Social peripheralization; Up ahead; 2 An introduction to nuclear power technology; Industry overviewNuclear reactor typesNuclear reactor generations; The basics of the nuclear lifecycle; Uranium mining and milling; Plant construction and operation; Interim and permanent waste storage; Used fuel reprocessing and disposal; Decommissioning; Nuclear technology and the socio-political economy; Nuclear technology and the political realm; Nuclear technology and the economics of electricity generation; Nuclear technology and society; 3 United States; Background; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder networkSubordination of opposition to political authoritySocial peripheralization; Looking to the future; 4 France; Background; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network; Subordination of opposition to political authority; Social peripheralization; Looking to the future; 5 Japan; Background; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network; Subordination of opposition to political authority; Social peripheralizationLooking to the future6 Russia and the former Soviet Union; Background; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network; Subordination of opposition to political authority; Social peripheralization; Looking to the future; 7 South Korea; Background; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network; Subordination of opposition to political authority; Social peripheralization; Looking to the future; 8 Canada; BackgroundNational security and secrecyTechnocratic ideology; Economic interventionism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network; Subordination of opposition to political authority; Social peripheralization; Looking to the future; 9 China; Background; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionism; Centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network; Subordination of opposition to political authority; Social peripheralization; Looking to the future; 10 India; Background; National security and secrecy; Technocratic ideology; Economic interventionismCentrally coordinated energy stakeholder networkThis book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis.The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for embarking on nuclear power programs: (1) national security and secrecy, (2) technocratic ideology, (3) economic interventionism, (4) a centrally coordinated energy stakeholder network, (5) subordination of opposition to political authority, and (6) social peripheralization. The book valiRoutledge global security studies.Nuclear energyEconomic aspectsNuclear energyPolitical aspectsNuclear energyInternational cooperationNuclear power plantsElectronic books.Nuclear energyEconomic aspects.Nuclear energyPolitical aspects.Nuclear energyInternational cooperation.Nuclear power plants.333.792/4Sovacool Benjamin K.784540Valentine Scott V998601MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462302703321The national politics of nuclear power2290755UNINA