Nuclear Energy Development in Asia: Problems and Prospects (Energy, Climate and the Environment)

by Yi-ChongXu (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $165.12

  An exploration of how and why Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and India have initiated and developed nuclear energy programs and what challenges they face today. Were the nuclear programmes driven by the low energy endowment, a desire to pursue international prestige, national security concerns, environmental pollution or economic development?