Nuclear Power: Issues and Choices. Report of the Nuclear Energy Policy Study Group. (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1977. Pp. xvii + 418. $16.50, cloth; $6.95, paper.)

1979 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 349-350
Author(s):  
John H. Barton
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Publishing Company ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Policy Study ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy

Nuclear Power and the Price-Anderson Act: An Overview of a Policy in Transition

1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-232
Author(s):  
John W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy

It is axiomatic that historians perform research that focuses upon past occurrences. However, research into public policy occasionally requires that historians deal with issues relating to events that have never taken place. A good example of this historical anomaly is nuclear energy policy.

Why Italian Nuclear Energy Policy Failed Twice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Franchino
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Coalition Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Fukushima Disaster

The history of nuclear energy policy in Italy is characterized by major shifts. After being a world leader in nuclear energy production in the 1960s, the country stopped its programme in the 1980s. An attempt at rejuvenating and expanding nuclear energy in the early 2000s came to an end after the Fukushima disaster. In both instances a referendum was held. Party competition, coalition politics, changes in government, and Italy’s institutional features, in particular the provisions for holding referendums, are the main factors explaining these policy reversals. The chapter concludes that a relaunch of the nuclear energy programme does not seem impossible, but is unlikely for the foreseeable future.

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