The Political Economy of Nuclear Energy Prospects and Retrospect /

• Main Authors: Basu, Dipak (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Miroshnik, Victoria W. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Natural resources.; Nuclear energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Political economy.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Nuclear Energy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Political Economy/Economic Systems.; International Political Economy.

Using primarily Russian sources, this book explains the political and economic aspects of nuclear power. The nuclear fuel cycle is described, from the mining of natural uranium to the ultimate power generation, and to reprocessing to produce plutonium which is essential for both electricity generati...