Explores the history and challenges of nuclear energy development in China, across five main areas: politics, economics, environment, technology transfer and the nuclear fuel cycle. It emphasizes the political challenges in developing a set of long-term national strategies to ensure speedy, safe and secure nuclear energy development.

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Griffith University, Australia

Xu Yi-chong

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XU YI-CHONG is Research Professor in the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia. Xu has previously written on energy security and international organizations and her work includes Powering China (2002), Electricity Reform in China, India and Russia (2004), The Governance of World Trade (2004) and Inside the World Bank (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

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Book Title: The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China
Authors: Xu Yi-chong
Series Title: Energy, Climate and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230290532
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22890-0Published: 14 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31034-0Published: 01 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29053-2Published: 14 October 2010
Series ISSN: 2947-8561
Series E-ISSN: 2947-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 235
Topics: Environmental Politics, Political Science, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Nuclear Energy, US Politics

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