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"This book aims to introduce and discuss the policy issues and challenges surrounding the development of nuclear power energy in Southeast Asia (SEA). Nuclear energy is poised for substantial growth in a region that is in need of more sustainable and clean energy source against the background of rising energy demand and an increasingly narrower power supply and demand gap. However, there are many safety and security risks associated with nuclear power especially so for a region that remains vulnerable to political risks and military conflicts. This book will, therefore, discuss those policy issues and challenges and offers unique insights from the practitioners, industry experts, academics, and policymakers on how the SEA governments could mitigate those risks through good governance."--Publisher's website.

AbstractThe International Atomic Energy Agency asserts that the regulation of the safety of civil nuclear power requires national regulatory agencies to be effectively independent. However, in the early years of national civil nuclear power programs national nuclear industries were dominated by iron triangles or subgovernments of powerful actors with an interest in promoting the industry. The creation of an independent safety regulator requires a radical restructuring of the national governance framework. Windows of opportunity or critical junctures for such reform occur only occasionally. This paper examines the cases of France, Japan, and India to identify the factors that determine the degree of success in attempts to break the power of nuclear iron triangles or subgovernments and create an effectively independent regulator. This analysis shows a serious nuclear accident can create the opportunity to dismantle an iron triangle. The extent and speed with which reforms can be implemented depend greatly on pre‐existing and prevailing conditions. Key determinants include the power structures and attitudes toward nuclear power in elite politics, the degree of engagement of civil society, and pressures from international organizations. Of these, the first, elite politics, appears to be the most important in these three cases.

Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Non-traditional security (NTS) scholars argue that threats to human security have become increasingly prominent since the end of the Cold War, and that it is thus critical to adopt a holistic and multidisciplinary approach in addressing rising energy needs. This volume represents the perspectives of scholars from across Asia, looking at diverse aspects of energy security through a non-traditional security lens. The issues covered include environmental and socioeconomic impacts, the role of the market, the role of civil society, energy sustainability and policy trends in the ASEAN region.

Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Non-traditional security (NTS) scholars argue that threats to human security have become increasingly prominent since the end of the Cold War, and that it is thus critical to adopt a holistic and multidisciplinary approach in addressing rising energy needs.¡ This volume represents the perspectives of scholars from across Asia, looking at diverse aspects of energy security through a non-traditional security lens. The issues covered include environmental and socioeconomic impacts, the role of the market, the role of civil society, energy sustainability and policy trends in the ASEAN region

1. Mely Caballero-Anthony and Alistair D B Cook, NTS Framework 1. - 2. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D B Cook, Belinda Chng, Julie Balen, Health 15. - 3. Irene A Kuntjoro, Sofiah Jamil, Arpita Mathur, Food 40 . - 4. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Pau Khan Khup Hangzo, Water 66. - 5. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Irene A Kuntjoro, Sofiah Jamil, Pau Khan Khup Hangzo, Sadhavi Sharma, Natural Disasters 85. - 6. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D B Cook, Pau Khan Khup Hangzo, Lina Gong, Manpavan Kaur, Internal Conflict 118. - 7. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D B Cook, Priyanka Bhalla, Pau Khan Khup Hangzo, Forced Migration 158 . - 8. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Kevin Punzalan, Koh Swee Lean Collin, Energy 205. - 9. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Pau Khan Khup Hangzo, Transnational Crime 234. - 10. Nur Azha Putra, Kevin Punzalan, Cyber Security 268. - 11. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Alistair D B Cook, Conclusion