Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction - Nuclear Power in the World -- STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ENERGY POLICY IN SO CALLED NUCLEARRENAISSANCE COUNTRIES -- The Prospects of Nuclear Energy in Bulgaria: the Rush Towards the Construction of Belene Nuclear Power Plant Gergana Miladinova -- Energy Policy in the Czech Republic Dalibor Strasky -- The Role of Nuclear Power in Finnish Energy and Climate Policies Jarmo Vehmas -- Nuclear Power in France - Trouble Lurking Behind the Glitter Mycle Schneider -- Nuclear Power in Britain Since Chernobyl: A Rollercoaster Ride Steve Thomas -- The Hungarian Energy Policy and the Role of Nuclear Power after Chernobyl Ada Amon -- Nuclear power in Japan - Top Priority of National Energy Policy Kenichi Oshima -- Energy and Nuclear Policy in Romania Ionut Apostol -- Russian Energy Policy - Twenty Years after Chernobyl: No Lessons Learned? Lydia V. Popova -- Ukrainian Energy Policy - Between Chornobyl and the Kremlin Tobias M�unchmeyer -- The Current Outlook for the Nuclear Power Industry in the United States John L. Jurewitz -- STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ENERGY POLICY IN NUCLEAR PHASE-OUTCOUNTRIES -- Energy Policy and the Nuclear Sector in Belgium Luc Barb�e -- Nuclear Energy in Canada Mycle Schneider -- Expansion and Phasing-out Nuclear Power in Germany Lutz Mez -- Between Myth and Reality: Development, Problems and Perspectives of Nuclear Power in Italy Maria Rosaria Di Nucci -- Current and Future Options for Nuclear Power Use in Lithuania Vaclovas Miskinis, Arvydas Galinis & Inga Konstantinaviciute -- Contested Technology: Nuclear Power in the Netherlands Maarten J. Arentsen -- Slovenia - A Second European Country Likely to Follow Finland on the Nuclear Path? Leo Seserko -- Nuclear power in Spain - From Energy Autarchy and Military Dreams Via Moratorium and Phase out to a Nuclear Renaissance? Mischa Bechberger.

Chernobyl Plus 22 - the Swedish Case M�ans L�onnroth -- Switzerland - What's left from the Glaciers in the Alps? Conrad U. Brunner -- STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES OF ENERGY POLICY IN INDUSTRIALISINGCOUNTRIES -- Argentina's irrational Nuclear Programme and Citizens' Opposition Raul Montenegro -- History of Nuclear Power in Brazil Luiz Pinguelli Rosa -- Development of Civil Nuclear Power Industry in China Eva Sternfeld -- Nuclear Power in India Surendra Gadekar -- Iran: Nuclear Program Despite Fossil and Renewable Energy Carriers in Abundance Behrooz Abdolvand & Matthias Adolf -- Unchanging Vision of Nuclear Energy: Nuclear Power Policy of the South Korean Government and Citizens' Challenge Sung-Jin Leem -- Nuclear Power in Mexico - New Plans, Old Problems Leticia Campos Arag�on -- Pakistan and the Energy Challenge Zia Mian & A.H. Nayyar -- Political Fission: South Africa's Nuclear Programme David Fig -- Authoritarian Energy Regime and Unsustainability in Taiwan Shih-Jung Hsu -- Contributors.

A multi-country study assessing the potential role of nuclear power.

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