What is the relationship between the economics of nuclear power and the proliferation of nuclear weapons? When security and arms control analysts list what has helped keep nuclear weapons technologies from spreading further than they already have, energy economics are rarely, if ever, mentioned. Yet, large civilian nuclear energy programs bring states quite a way towards developing nuclear weapons and it has been the poor economics of nuclear energy, more than any other force, which has hampered most states’ adoption of such projects.
This presentation was a part of the 2011 ASAN Plenum in Seoul, South Korea. Jun 14, 2011 AUTHOR: Barthélémy Courmont Europe’s responses to Fukushima: nuclear renaissance revisited? Barthélémy Courmont* The Fukushima incident not only raised the question of nuclear safety, but also appears more globally […]
Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks explores the potential answers to questions such as, will the global spread of nuclear power programs, which could bring many more countries much closer to acquiring nuclear weapons capabilities, be an inevitable consequence of energy market economics? […]
The Policy Review publishes “The High and Hidden Costs of Nuclear Power” in which NPEC’s executive director draws connections between nuclear power economics and proliferation. For a more detailed analysis of this subject, see Nuclear Power, Energy Markets, and Proliferation.” Aug 04, 2010 AUTHOR: Henry […]
In “Nuclear Power, Energy Markets, and Proliferation,” an introduction to the forthcoming book, Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Cost and Risks, NPEC’s executive director draws connections between nuclear power economics and proliferation. For a more general overview of the relationship between nuclear power economics […]
In “Nuclear Power, Energy Markets, and Proliferation,” an introduction to the forthcoming book, Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Cost and Risks, NPEC’s executive director draws connections between nuclear power economics and proliferation. Jun 02, 2010 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Nuclear Power Energy Markets and Proliferation […]
NPEC releases “Nuclear Power as Taxpayer Patronage: A Case Study of Subsidies to Calvert Cliffs Unit 3”. Doug Koplow is the founder of Earth Track, an organization focused on comprehensive and accurate information on government interventions in energy markets. Jul 09, 2009 AUTHOR: Doug Koplow […]
NPEC releases “The Costs and Benefits of Reprocessing: Why Reprocessing Persists in Some Countries and Not in Others”, a study by Frank von Hippel. Dr. von Hippel is a professor at Princeton’s W Excerpt: Since 1974, when India tested a nuclear bomb made with plutonium […]
Sharon Squassoni is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace focusing on nuclear nonproliferation and national security. Mar 25, 2009 AUTHOR: Sharon Squassoni Nuclear Power-How Much More (PDF) 2,073.13 KB Nuclear Power: How Much More? Enthusiasm for nuclear energy has surged in […]
Steve Kidd is Director of Strategy & Research at the World Nuclear Association, where he has worked since 1995 (when it was the Uranium Institute). Mar 14, 2009 AUTHOR: Steve Kidd Nuclear Fuel-Myths and Realities-DRAFT (PDF) 437.11 KB Nuclear Fuel – Myths and Realities The […]
Mr. Thomas is professor of energy policy at the Public Services International Research Unit at the University of Greenwich, London, Jan 05, 2009 AUTHOR: Steven Thomas The Financial Crisis and Nuclear Power (PDF) 151.25 KB The financial crisis and nuclear power Introduction Since the decline […]
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