Introduction: energy and the institutional development of the Russian state -- Energy and Russia's foreign policy towards post-Soviet states -- The electricity industry: RAO UES and Inter RAO -- The nuclear energy industry: Minatom/Rosatom -- The oil industry: Lukoil -- The oil industry:...

Nuclear power was one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century, and it continues to play an important role in twenty-first century discussions about the future energy mix, climate change, innovation, proliferation, geopolitics, and many other crucial policy topics. This paper...

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Atoms for peace: nuclear infancy -- 2 From Baghdad Pact to CENTO -- 3 The national security Monarch -- 4 Nuclear program muddles through -- 5 Prestige, supremacy and deterrence -- 6...

Preface -- Chapter 1. Issue paper : electricity system adequacy - challenges facing the nuclear power industry / C. Elise Logan, John Brewer and Robert Wallace -- Chapter 2. Nuclear energy : overview of congressional issues / Mark Holt -- Chapter 3. Civilian nuclear waste disposal / Mark Holt --...

1. Introduction: Energy Security in the Gulf / Gawdat Bahgat 1. - 2. Implications of the Emerging Energy Scenario in the Gulf: Towards a Gulf-Asia Strategic Partnership / Talmiz Ahmad 7. - 3. Political Detente and Economic Tensions / Ostein Noreng 34. - 4. Prospects for Nuclear Power in the Gulf...

The development of voluntary nuclear standards in the United States is an active and necessary endeavor of the technical community concerned with the safe, orderly, and economic development of the nuclear potential. There are almost 8000 people presently involved either in writing voluntary...

China’s nuclear industry has undergone rapid growth in recent years and is projected to further expand in the coming decades. Accounting for almost 40 percent of all nuclear reactors either under construction or that have been approved globally, the expansion of China’s nuclear...

One major goal of the Nuclear Standards Program is to convert existing NE standards into national consensus standards (where possible). This means that an NE standard in the same subject area using the national consensus process. This report is a summary of the activities that have evolved to...

This paper complements other work which has evaluated the cost impacts of radiation standards on the nuclear industry. It focuses on the approaches to valuation of the health and safety benefits of radiation standards and the actual and appropriate processes of benefit-cost comparison. A brief...

This paper presents an assessment of the radiation dose to the world population and the associated potential health effects from three scenarios of /sup 14/C releases by the nuclear industry between 1975 and 2020. Measures of health impact are derived from source terms through the use of a...