Deconstructing Energy Law and Policy: The Case of Nuclear Energy - Softcover

Raphael Heffron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748696687 ISBN 13: 9780748696680

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2015

Synopsis

What are the component parts of successful energy law and policy for nuclear energy in the 21st century? Nuclear power has been a part of energy policies of many countries across the world since its emergence as an electricity provider after the Second World War. Nuclear energy is a low carbon energy source and therefore can contribute to reducing the effects of climate change. However, it is also faced with issues of high cost, risk and waste disposal. Drawing on over 90 interviews completed across Belgium (Brussels), Romania, the United States, and the United Kingdom, this book focuses on the development and formulation of energy law and policy in civil nuclear energy in the EU, the US and beyond. Heffron deconstructs the constituent parts of effective energy law and policy within the complex and often controversial energy industry. Pulling out what has and what has not worked, he suggests ways to improve the delivery of the central aims of law and policy.

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About the Author

Raphael Heffron is a qualified lawyer and Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds and Associate Researcher at the Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge.

From the Back Cover

What are the component parts of successful energy law and policy in the twenty-first century?Energy law and policy is now, in the 21st century, undoubtedly a crucial component in the functioning of economies worldwide. Containing the effects of climate change through reducing carbon dioxide emissions is one of the greatest challenges of our modern world. However, many countries are currently struggling to construct effective energy policy that will deliver the energy infrastructure needed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.This book has at its core a focus on the development and formulation of energy law and policy in civil nuclear energy. The aim is to deconstruct the constituent parts of effective energy law and policy within a complex and often controversial energy industry and to provide lessons to improve the delivery of the central aims of law and policy, focusing on a deconstruction of what has and has not worked.Key Features•This is the first book that deconstructs energy law and policy•Informs the readers on the component parts of successful energy law and policy•Offers new ideas that can be applied in the future•Uses nuclear energy sector as an example, the most complex of energy sources•The nuclear energy sector has a broad appeal to the public, to think-tanks and to a whole range of academicsRaphael Heffron is a qualified lawyer and Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds and Associate Researcher at the Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge. He has published in many energy law and policy journals such as: Oil, Gas and Energy Law; International Energy Law Review; Journal of World Energy Law and Business; Technology Forecasting and Social Change; Energy Policy; and Applied Energy.Cover image: TBCCover design:[EUP logo]www.euppublishing.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748696687
• ISBN 13: 9780748696680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192