Deconstructing Energy Law and Policy (Paperback)

Raphael J. Heffron

ISBN 10: 0748696687 / ISBN 13: 9780748696680

Published by Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2015

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Paperback. Nuclear power has been a consideration and 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 focusses 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. Drawing on over 90 interviews completed across Belgium (Brussels), Romania, the US, the EU and the UK, this book identifies the key elements of effective and deliverable energy law and policy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deconstructing Energy Law and Policy (Paperback)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748696687
• ISBN 13: 9780748696680
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Nuclear power has been a consideration and 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 focusses 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.

About the Author

Raphael Heffron is Professor for Global Energy Law & Sustainability at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee. Raphael is currently Co-Chair of the UK Energy Law and Policy Association; Visiting Professor in Energy Law at the International Hellenic University (Greece); Associate Researcher at the Energy Policy Research Group at the University of Cambridge; Visiting Professor at Paris-Dauphine University (Paris, France); Visiting Lecturer at the ESCP Business School (London and Paris) and Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad & Tobago).