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’Civil’ nuclear programme: serving the dual objectives of retaining the state’s hegemony on citizens’ basic energy needs and assuring supply of weapon grade ingredients: a case study on India

Auteur	D.DeyI
Datum	2010
Classificatie	4.03.3.10/05 (INDIA - PROLIFERATIE)
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Int. J. Global Energy Issues, Vol. 33, Nos. 314, 2010                         205

'Civil' nuclear programme - serving the dual objectives of retaining the state's 
hegemony on citizens' basic energy needs and assuring supply of weapon 
grade ingredients: a case study on India.

Abstract: Political leaders of ambitious emerging economies of India and China, 
where the state has not yet reached the maturity stage, prefer nuclear power to 
other alternative energy sources, as it serves the dual purpose of retaining the 
state's hegemony on citizens' basic energy needs and assures supply of weapon 
grade ingredients. In contrast to North America and most of Western Europe, 
where growth of nuclear power has levelled out for many years, the 'greatest 
growth in nuclear generation' in the near future is expected in China, Japan, 
South Korea and India.
It would be naïve to believe that the political establishments are not aware of the 
negative consequences of nuclear power. The question may then arise as to why 
have the emerging economies of India, China, Brazil, etc., aligned themselves 
with the nuclear establishment without fully exploiting other alternative energy 
sources? Taking India as a case, this paper analyses secondary data and findings 
of various previous studies to explore an answer to this question.

Keywords: climate change; energy policy; state hegemony; Non-proliferation
Treaty; NPT; political economy; nuclear weapon; renewable energy; fossil fuel; 
nuclear power; India.

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