Nuclear Energy and Global Governance: Ensuring Safety, Security and Non-proliferation

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Trevor Findlay (Carleton University, Canada)

Nuclear Energy and Global Governance

Ensuring Safety, Security and Non-proliferation

Trevor Findlay (Carleton University, Canada)

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English

Routledge
22 March 2012

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Politics & government; Warfare & defence; Energy; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

The book considers the implications of the nuclear energy revival for global governance in the areas of safety, security and non-proliferation.

Increased global warming, the energy demands of China, India and other emerging economic powerhouses and the problems facing traditional and alternative energy sources have lead many to suggest that there will soon be a nuclear energy ‘renaissance’. This book examines comprehensively the drivers of and constraints on the revival, its nature and scope and the possibility that nuclear power will spread significantly beyond the countries which currently rely on it. Of special interest are developing countries which aspire to have nuclear energy and which currently lack the infrastructure, experience and regulatory structures to successfully manage such a major industrial enterprise. Of even greater interest are countries that may see in a nuclear energy program a ‘hedging’ strategy for a future nuclear weapons option.

Following on from this assessment, the author examines the likely impact of various revival scenarios on the current global governance of nuclear energy, notably the treaties, international organizations, arrangements and practices designed to ensure that nuclear power is safe, secure and does not contribute to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The book concludes with recommendations to the international community on how to strengthen global governance in order to manage the nuclear energy revival prudently.

This book will be of much interest to students of energy security, global governance, security studies and IR in general.

By: Trevor Findlay (Carleton University Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9780415532488
ISBN 10: 0415532485
Series: Routledge Global Security Studies
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 22 March 2012
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Trevor Findlay holds the William and Jeanie Barton Chair in International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carlton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is also the Director of the Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance.

Reviews for Nuclear Energy and Global Governance: Ensuring Safety, Security and Non-proliferation

This is a very well-researched manuscript. The entire book deserves commendation for a very packed, yet skillful and structured weaving of established facts and competing studies in one coherent narrative. Overall, this is a very good book when it comes to consolidating issues, debates, and reports in a single manuscript. This is a much-needed manuscript in a significant policy sector with logical recommendations at the very end. - Alvin Almendrala Camba, e-International Relations, September 2012