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.
A Conference Discussion Paper for The Future of Nuclear Energy in A Carbon Constrained World, November 5th 2007, New York. Mr. Carroll is an independent consultant on policy, legal and technical issues on a range of environmental, energy and maritime subjects. Froggatt is a European […]
The minority opinion is part of the recently released study, Review of DOE’s Nuclear Energy Research and Development. Dr. Gilinsky, a former NPEC senior associate and Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, and Dr. Macfarlane were members of the Committee on Review of the DOE’s Nuclear Energy Research […]
This essay is one part of the Century Foundation’s latest publication, “Breaking the Nuclear Impasse.” Aug 05, 2007 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Market-Fortified Nonproliferation-A Peculiar Consensus (PDF) 129.29 KB Market-Fortified Nonproliferation A Peculiar Consensus One of the oddities of the current nuclear crisis posed by North […]
Mr. Harding, an energy consultant, details the economic history and future prospects for nuclear power’s development in this essay. Jun 14, 2007 AUTHOR: Jim Harding Economics of New Nuclear Power and Proliferation Risks in a Carbon-Con…. (PDF) 573.02 KB Economics of New Nuclear Power and […]
Dr. von Hippel is a professor at Princeton”s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The final version of his essay was published as a research report of the International Panel on Fissile Materials Jan 15, 2007 AUTHOR: Frank von Hippel Managing Spent Fuel […]
Presented at NPEC’s Conference “Germany and Nuclear Nonproliferation” held in Berlin, Germany in February 2005. Ernst Urich von Weizsaecher MP is the Chairman, Bundestag Committee on Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety. Feb 26, 2005 AUTHOR: Ernst Urich von Weizsaecher German Nuclear Policy (PDF) 28.07 […]
This essay was developed from a presentation given at NPEC’s conference “Is Nuclear Proliferation Inevitable?” held in Paris, France November 2004. Feb 01, 2005 AUTHOR: C. Pierre Zaleski The Future of Nuclear Power in France the EU and the World for the Nex…. (PDF) 101.54 […]
Presented at NPEC’s Conference “Is Nuclear Proliferation Inevitable?” held in Paris, France November 2004. Jan 31, 2005 AUTHOR: Peter Bradford Nuclear Powers Prospects in the Power Markets of the 21st Century (PDF) 223.42 KB Nuclear Power’s Prospects in the Power Markets of the 21st Century […]
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