A timely and thought-provoking solution to the world's energy shortfall The dramatic increases in oil and natural gas prices, the finite supply of fossil fuels,

As energy demand increases in line with the expansion of the world's leading economies and the growth of developing economies, a key challenge remains of how to

This book is a collection of essays focused on the Gordian knot of our time, the closely coupled problems of energy poverty for billions of humans, and global w

This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues.

This second edition represents an extensive revision of the ?rst edition, - though the motivation for the book and the intended audiences, as described inthepre