ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents a full suite of historical, contemporary and projected discussion and analysis touching on the broad sweep of the issues and their implications for humankind. Its use of complementary and comparative country-based case studies provides an appropriate analytical landscape for developing strongly illustrative analysis of policy effectiveness in diverse polities and markets. The accident was judged by the International Atomic Energy Agency to be equally as serious as the Soviet Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986, and its political, social, environmental, technological and energy security related effects and ramifications promise to resonate around the world for many years to come. Nuclear Power and Energy Policy Choice examines the economic viability, for a range of categorised countries, of nuclear energy generation as a long term component of their energy policy strategies.
