Nuclear Energy Development in Asia - (Energy, Climate and the Environment) by X Yi-Chong (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

An exploration of how and why Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and India have initiated and developed nuclear energy programs and what challenges they face today. Were the nuclear programmes driven by the low energy endowment, a desire to pursue international prestige, national security concerns, environmental pollution or economic development?

Review Quotes

'Complex and many-faceted contains a wealth of genuine, interesting and valuable historical contextual and current information concerning the prospects for a nuclear renaissance focusing on a very broad geo-political area, from a group of, almost exclusively, experienced and adept pro-nuclear academics and practitioners. In general, the predominant portrayal of the risks and uncertainties associated with the nuclear fuel cycle are largely characterized as containable, known, and societally acceptable. These insights, quite rightly, take their place in the energy futures debate.' Paul Dorfman, Senior Researcher, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK

About the Author

JEFF GRAHAM, Lecturer at the Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia. STUART HARRIS, Emeritus Professor, Department of International Relations, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, Australian National University. PER HÖGSELIUS, Division of History of Sciences and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. TOSHIHIKO NAKATA, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University Aoba-Yama Sendai, Japan. LAVINA LEE, Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. MIN LEE, Professor, Department of Engineering and System Science, College of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. SANG DONGLI, Associate Professor, School of Law, Zhengzhou University, China. MAENG-HO YANG, Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), South Korea. XU YI-CHONG, Research Professor of Politics and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia.