Nuclear Energy and Security in the Former Soviet Union

by Marples,David R

• ISBN13: 9780813337456
• ISBN10: 0813337453
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-06-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Only several years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, nuclear security issues are again at the forefront of international concern. This timely collection addresses issues of cleanup at Chernobyl and other sites of nuclear disasters, nuclear smuggling, safety concerns in the Ukrainian and Russian nuclear industries, and Ukraine's negotiations with Russia and the West regarding the transference of its nuclear weapons to Russia. Preeminent scholars in their fields, the contributors provide up-to-the-minute information and fresh insights into questions critical to the future of the former Soviet Union and to Russian and Ukrainian relations with the West.

Author Biography

David R. Marples is professor of history at the University of Alberta. He is also director of the Stasiuk Program on Contemporary Ukraine with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. He is the author of five books, the most recent of which is Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe (1996). Marilyn J. Young is professor of communications at Florida State University. David R. Marples is professor of history at the University of Alberta. He is also director of the Stasiuk Program on Contemporary Ukraine with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. He is the author of five books, the most recent of which is Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe (1996). Marilyn J. Young is professor of communications at Florida State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Non-Rational Assessment of Risk and the Development of Civilian Nuclear Power	p. 1
Nuclear Power in the Former USSR: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives	p. 19
Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Nuclear Safety	p. 45
The U.S.-Russia Joint Electric Power Alternatives Study: Nuclear Safety Implications	p. 83
Nuclear Power and Civil Society in Post-Soviet Russia	p. 99
Ukraine as a Nuclear Weapons Power	p. 121
Nuclear Smuggling from the Former Soviet Union	p. 139
Index	p. 167
About the Book	p. 179
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 181
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