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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
- Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
- Serie: PRS - Polity Resources series
- Sprache: Englisch
Uranium, the most atomically unstable natural element on earth, has a unique place in the global geopolitics of resources. It provides energy to millions of people and its isotopes are used to power spacecraft and in nuclear medicine. But it is also at the heart of many of the planet's most deadly threats, including nuclear devastation and radioactive waste. Its mining has caused bitter conflict with indigenous peoples and its testing in nuclear weapons has left a toxic legacy. Yet the nonproliferation regime which aims to phase out nuclear weapons and manage the risks of nuclear energy is at risk of unravelling.
In this book, Anthony Burke explores the geopolitical intrigue around uranium and the dilemmas of justice and security to which its development has given rise. The twenty-first century, he cautions, will be a time of reckoning and new reserves of political will must be found to manage the impact of this extraordinary mineral. Only by cooperating to achieve multilateral disarmament and greater international control over nuclear power can we ward off nuclear catastrophe and harness the potential of nuclear energy to help address, rather than create, some of the world's most pressing problems.
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 The Politics of Uranium
Uranium: a strategic substance
A troubled decade
The non-proliferation regime
The nuclear Anthropocene
Notes
2 The Brief History of a Resource
The race for uranium
Manhattan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Anticipations of the nuclear future
Notes
3 Weapons and Security
Weapons and security: key questions
Early Cold War dilemmas
Crises, strategy and arms control
Toxic legacies: strategy and testing
Notes
4 Mining, Politics and People
Uranium mining: a snapshot
Controlling uranium sales and exports
Indigenous peoples and mining
Conclusion
Notes
5 Energy, Risk and Climate
Decarbonization and nuclear power
Managing radioactive waste
Nuclear safety and nuclear disaster
Regulating the nuclear industry
Conclusion: an uncertain future
Notes
6 Challenges and Futures
NPT futures
Moving towards zero
Notes
Selected Readings
Index
End User License Agreement
Guide
Cover
Table of Contents
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Uranium
ANTHONY BURKE
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First published in 2017 by Polity Press
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Names: Burke, Anthony, 1966- author.Title: Uranium / Anthony Burke.Description: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity, 2017. | Series: Resources series | Includes bibliographical references and index.Identifiers: LCCN 2016050165 (print) | LCCN 2016051034 (ebook) | ISBN 9780745670515 (hardback) | ISBN 9780745670522 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781509510702 (Mobi) | ISBN 9781509510719 (Epub)Subjects: LCSH: Uranium.Classification: LCC TA480.U7 B87 2017 (print) | LCC TA480.U7 (ebook) | DDC 333.8/54932--dc23LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050165
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Acknowledgements
Part of the research and writing of this book was funded by the joint UNSW–University of Birmingham project ‘Nuclear ethics and global security’, which is supported under the RCUK Global Uncertainties Programme – an initiative of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the United Kingdom. I thank Catherine Edwards, Nick Wheeler and Tina Aston for their support of this project, especially for travelling to the 2015 NPT Review Conference in New York City. Polity’s Louise Knight and Nekane Tanaka Galdos exhibited great patience as the delivery of this manuscript was delayed, and I am grateful for their professionalism and advice as the book was being developed. I also thank Stefanie Fishel, who read much of the final manuscript, and its reviewers, who also provided valuable advice.
Abbreviations
ABM
Anti-ballistic Missile
AEC
US Atomic Energy Commission
BMD
Ballistic Missile Defence
CDUT
Canada Deline Uranium Table
CGN
China General Nuclear Corp.
CNS
Convention on Nuclear Safety
CTBT
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DGSE
Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (France)
DU
Depleted Uranium
EDF
Electricité de France (energy corp.)
EIS
Environmental Impact Assessment
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ERA
Energy Resources Australia
FMCT
Fissile Materials Cut-off Treaty
GWe
Gigawatt (electrical energy)
HEU
Highly Enriched Uranium
HLW
High Level Waste
HRI
Hydro Resources Inc.
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICNND
International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
ILW
Intermediate Level Waste
IRBM
Intermediate-range Ballistic Missile
INES
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
ISL
In-situ Leaching
LEU
Low-enriched Uranium
MIRV
Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicle
MRBM
Medium-range Ballistic Missile
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PER
Public Environment Report
PHS
Public Health Service (US)
METI
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan)
MWe
Megawatt (electrical energy)
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO
Non-government Organization
NISA
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Japan)
NKVD
The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (USSR)
NPT
Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
NNWS
Nonnuclear Weapons States (members of the NPT)
NSG
Nuclear Suppliers Group
NWS
Nuclear Weapons States (members of the NPT)
OEWG
Open-Ended Working Group On Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations
SAC
US Strategic Air Command
SDI
Strategic Defense Initiative
SIOP
Single Integrated Operations Plan (US nuclear war plan)
SLBM
Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
START
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
TEPCO
Tokyo Electric Power Company
TNT
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
TNW
Theatre Nuclear Weapon
UN
United Nations
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union)
UNC
United Nuclear Corporation
VCA
Vanadium Corporation of America
WNA
World Nuclear Association
