LEADER 05969oam 2200817I 450 001 9910828103203321 005 20240516194540.0 010 $a1-136-29437-6 010 $a1-280-66025-2 010 $a9786613637185 010 $a0-203-11526-0 010 $a1-136-29438-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203115268 035 $a(CKB)2670000000203394 035 $a(EBL)957718 035 $a(OCoLC)818932142 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000677992 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415872 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677992 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10696821 035 $a(PQKB)10935851 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957718 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10687225 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL363718 035 $a(OCoLC)796796377 035 $a(OCoLC)1100464166 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957718 035 $a(PPN)198457839 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000203394 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe national politics of nuclear power $eeconomics, security, and governance /$fBenjamin K. Sovacool and Scott Victor Valentine 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge global security studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-74810-0 311 $a0-415-68870-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 overview 327 $aNuclear 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 network 327 $aSubordination 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 peripheralization 327 $aLooking 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; Background 327 $aNational 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 interventionism 327 $aCentrally coordinated energy stakeholder network 330 $aThis 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. 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