Contents

• Foreword xi

• Preface xv

• Overview 1

  • The Current Status of Nuclear Power

  • Economic Considerations

  • Health, Environment, and Safety

  • Nuclear Proliferation

  • Institutional Framework

  • Issues for Decision

• Part I
  Energy Economics and Supply 39

  • Chapter One
    Energy and the Economic Future 41

    • The General Economics of Energy

    • Predicting Energy Demand

    • A Model of Energy and the Economy

    • Interpretations and Conclusions