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Product Description In this book expert energy economists assess the role of nuclear power in the energy policies of over 30 countries. Post Chernobyl, nuclear power went off the agenda in most countries. Now, a new set of pressures including climate change and conventional energy limitations, have brought nuclear energy back into the mix for the so-called 'nuclear renaissance' countries. But some countries are not prepared to entertqain nuclear, and are still divesting themselves of their nuclear legacy, the 'nuclear phase-out' countries. And how are nuclear issues being approached in the industrializing countries? An in-depth country-by-country analysis is presented within this framework. This book is for energy economists; nuclear power policy makers; nuclear industry experts; all those at the academic/government/industry interfaces of energy policy. About the Author The book is edited by Lutz Mez, Dept of Political & Social Sciences, Free University Berlin, Steve Thomas, Public Services International Research Unit, University of Greenwich, and Mycle Schneider, an independent energy policy consultant. The authors are members of the REFORM (Restructuring Energy Systems For Optimal Resource Management) group of energy economists, supplemented by invited expert contributors