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Political Science General

Canadian Nuclear Energy Policy

Changing Ideas, Institutions, and Interests

edited by G. Bruce Doern, Arslan Dorman & Robert W. Morrison

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2001
Category
General, General, Public Affairs & Administration
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802047885
    Publish Date
    Oct 2001
    List Price
    $84.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442672260
    Publish Date
    Sep 2001
    List Price
    $84.00

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What influences have changed Canadian nuclear policy over the past twenty years? What will be the future issues of choice and change? Focusing on the federal government, but with special attention given to key changes in Ontario - Canada's main nuclear province - the analytical core of this book identifies five key nuclear energy choices and challenges that face the federal government and other Canadian policy makers: Who is responsible for nuclear R&D and waste management? What models of regulation will govern nuclear energy's future? What are Canada's prospects for, and commitments surrounding, the marketing of CANDU reactors abroad? Is a renewed Federal-Ontario nuclear partnership likely? Can there be said to be a growing trust level between the Canadian public and the institutions that govern nuclear energy in Canada, and abroad?

Linking changes in Canada with broader comparative change in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, as well countries such as South Korea and China, which have purchased CANDU reactors from Canada, the author's conclude that Canada's nuclear future is one of precarious opportunity and federal nuclear policy must learn to come to terms with a much broader range of issues and actors than ever before.

About the authors

G. Bruce Doern is a professor emeritus in the School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. He is the author and co-author of numerous books on Canadian politics and policy, including Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Story, with Brian Tomlin, and Canadian Public Policy: Ideas, Structure, Process, with Richard Phidd.

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Arslan Dorman is a PhD candidate at the School of Public Administration, Carleton University.

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Robert W. Morrison is a member of Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science, and Environment (CRUISE), School of Public Administration, Carleton University.

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