Business and Nonproliferation Industry's Role in Safeguarding a Nuclear Renaissance

by Banks, John P.; Ebinger, Charles K.

• ISBN13: 9780815721475
• ISBN10: 0815721471
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-24
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

The rapid increase in global demand for electricity and increased concerns over energy security and greenhouse gas emissions have led to a renewed interest in civilian nuclearpower worldwide that some are calling a "nuclear renaissance." Business and Nonproliferationpresents the results of a Brookings research effort examining the implications of a dramatic increase in global nuclear power capacity on the nuclearnonproliferation regime and the role of the commercial nuclear industry in strengthening it. Expansion of civilian nuclear energy will result in wider diffusion of nuclear materials, technologies, and knowledge placing additional pressures on an already fragile nonproliferation regime. In the first section, John Banks, Charles Ebinger, and their contributors provide an overview of the changing landscape of nuclear energy and nonproliferation by examining specific emerging challenges to the nonproliferation regime, market trends in the commercial nuclear fuel cycle, and the geopolitical and commercial implications of new nuclear energy states in developing countries. The book's second section addresses the broad question of how, given the global expansion of civilian nuclear power, the nuclear industry can become a more active, sustained partner in efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The contributors analyze the results of their outreach to stakeholders in the nuclear energy community, specifically industry's views on weaknesses in the nonproliferation regime, multinational and multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle, and mechanismsfor industry self-regulation. Contributors include Michael Moodie (Congressional Research Service), Lawrence Scheinman (James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies), and Sharon Squassoni (Proliferation Prevention Program atthe Center for Strategic & International Studies).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Planning a Responsible Nuclear Energy Future	p. 1
Changing Proliferation Dynamic
Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation: Today's Challenges	p. 17
Commercial Nuclear Markets and Nonproliferation	p. 31
Industry and Emerging Nuclear Energy Markets	p. 66
Industry's Views
Nuclear Risks: The Views of Industry, Governments, and Nongovernmental Organizations	p. 123
Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle	p. 141
Expanding IndustryÆs Nonproliferation Role	p. 169
Appendix: The Brookings Survey	p. 201
About the Authors	p. 219
Index	p. 221
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