The National Politics of Nuclear Power: Economics, Security, and Governance
/Author(s): Benjamin K. Sovacool & Scott Victor Valentine (2012)
This 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 validates this theory by confirming the presence of these six drivers during the initial nuclear power developmental periods in eight countries: the United States, France, Japan, Russia (the former Soviet Union), South Korea, Canada, China, and India.
The authors then apply this framework as a predictive tool to evaluate contemporary nuclear power trends. They discuss what this theory means for developed and developing countries which exhibit the potential for nuclear development on a major scale, and examine how the new "renaissance" of nuclear power may affect the promotion of renewable energy, global energy security, and development policy as a whole. The volume also assesses the influence of climate change and the recent nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, on the nuclear power industry’s trajectory.
This book will be of interest to students of energy policy and security, nuclear proliferation, international security, global governance and IR in general.
Reverberations From Fukushima: 50 Japanese Poets Speak Out
/Author(s): Leah Stenson and edited by Asao Sarukawa Aroldi (2014)
“The fifty poets whose work is presented here speak for the thousands, millions, whose voices have not been heard, and they speak with eloquence, passion, and courage.”
Japan’s Tipping Point: Crucial Choices in the Post-Fukushima World
/Author: Mark Pendergrast (2011)
“Mark Pendergrast arrived in Japan exactly two months after the Fukushima meltdown. This book is his eye-opening account of his trip and his alarming conclusions.”
Review of Fuel Failures in Water Cooled Reactors
/Author(s): International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (2010)
An overview of fuel failures in water cooled reactors, including light water reactors, boiling water reactors, and heavy water reactors, as well as their mechanisms and mitigation measures.
An update of a 1998 publication of the same name. Includes descriptions of fuel failures between 1994 and 2006.
Information Digest
/Author(s): US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (published annually)
A compilation of facts and information about the NRC and the nuclear
industry, available in print and online. Includes information about the NRC finances and activities, US and worldwide nuclear energy, currently operating nuclear reactors, uranium mining and other nuclear materials, and radioactive waste.
Citizen Scientist
/Author: Frank von Hippel (1991)
“Blessed are the troublemakers,” writes von Hippel, noted physicist and leading advocate for public interest science. “Written with an astute understanding of issues underlying public policy, Citizen Scientist is a reasoned plea for a more knowledgeable public, a humane policy process, and a safer planet.”