The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China

by X. Yi-chong

Overview

Explores the history and challenges of nuclear energy development in China, across five main areas: politics, economics, environment, technology transfer and the nuclear fuel cycle. It emphasizes the political challenges in developing a set of long-term national strategies to ensure speedy, safe and secure nuclear energy development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349310340
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Energy, Climate and the Environment
Edition description:	1st ed. 2010
Pages:	235
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

XU YI-CHONG is Research Professor in the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia. Xu has previously written on energy security and international organizations and her work includes Powering China (2002), Electricity Reform in China, India and Russia (2004), The Governance of World Trade (2004) and Inside the World Bank (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Table of Contents

Introduction From Bomb to Power Expanding the Nuclear Energy Program Who Decides? The Politics of Nuclear Energy Who Pays? The Economics of Nuclear Energy Technology Adoption or Technology Innovation Fuelling the Future: the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Who Cares? The Public and the Environment Is Nuclear the Future?