François Lévêque is Professor of Economics at Mines ParisTech and a part-time professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. He has advised many international bodies on energy policy and the economics of regulation, including the International Energy Agency, the OECD and the European Commission. He is the editor of energypolicyblog.com.
Introduction
Part I. Estimating the Costs of Nuclear Power: Points of Reference, Sources of Uncertainty: 1. Adding up costs
2. The curse of rising cost
3. Nuclear power and its alternatives
Part II. The Risk of a Major Nuclear Accident: Calculation and Perception of Probabilities: 4. Calculating risk
5. Perceived probabilities and aversion to disaster
6. The magic of Bayesian analysis
Part III. Safety Regulation: An Analysis of the American, French and Japanese Cases: 7. Does nuclear safety need to be regulated?
8. The basic rules of regulation
9. What goal should be set for safety and how is it to be attained?
Part IV. National Policies and International Governance: 10. Adopting nuclear power
11. Nuclear exit
12. Supranational governance: learning from Europe
13. International governance to combat proliferation
politics and trade
Conclusion
Index.
