Research Catalog

Title

Civil nuclear energy : fuel of the future or relic of the past? / Malcolm C. Grimston and Peter Beck.

Author

Grimston, Malcolm C.

Publication

London : Royal Institute of International Affairs, Energy and Environment Programme ; Washington, DC : distributed worldwide by the Brookings Institution, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Beck, Peter (Peter W.)
• Energy and Environmental Programme (Royal Institute of International Affairs)

Description

ix, 126 p.; 20 cm.

Subject

• Nuclear energy > Economic aspects
• Nuclear energy > Environmental aspects
• Nuclear energy > Government policy
• Nuclear energy > Safety measures
• Nuclear industry > Environmental aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.124-126).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The problem -- The project -- Starting points -- The position paper -- Alternative approaches -- Issues over which the nuclear industry has relatively little influence -- Energy choices and the 'need' for nuclear power -- Global climate change -- Low-level radiation -- Regulatory issues -- Issues over which the nuclear industry has major influence -- Keeping the nuclear option open -- The relative economics of nuclear power -- Nuclear research and development -- Skills required if nuclear power is phased out -- Issues over which the nuclear industry has partial influence -- Nuclear proliferation -- Public perception, politics and decision-making -- Waste management -- Reprocessing -- Safety of nuclear installations -- The WEC/IIASA scenarios -- Global status of the nuclear industry.

ISBN

1862031282

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library