1st Edition

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

By Trevor Findlay Copyright 2011
278 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

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’.... Read more

Introduction  1. Assessing a Nuclear Energy Revival: the Drivers  2. Assessing the Nuclear Revival: the Constraints  3. Assessing the ‘Revival’  4. The Current Status of Global Nuclear Governance — the Nuclear Safety Regime  5. The Current Status of Global Nuclear Governance — Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation  6. Implications of the Nuclear Revival for Global Governance  Conclusion

Biography

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.