Introduction In the following policy perspective CEDA examines the environmental and economic issues associated with nuclear power and sets out a real options approach to enabling its future development. Australia's energy options

This paper argues that if Australia continues to exclude nuclear power, it will likely remain the OECD's highest per capita greenhouse gas emitter. The governments of most major industrial economies have concluded that if the world is serious about mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear power, along with conservation and renewables, must be part of the...

Reviewing the institutional processes and problems of a Korea-Japan nuclear weapon free zone, this paper considers its feasibility, appropriate legal forms, compliance mechanisms, UN role and portential benefits. Michael Hamel-Green of Victoria University examines "the feasibility of the proposal in the light of precedents from previous Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NWFZ) establishment; appropriate legal forms...

Leon Sigal of the Social Sciences Research Council examines the utility of a Japan-South Korea nuclear weapon free zone under three North Korea nuclear scenarios: containment, rapprochement, and collapse. Focusing on failing containment, Sigal argues that if North Korea is unwilling to live up to its commitment to denuclearise, “a Japan-South Korea NWFZ might help...

Australia currently lacks a mechanism to gather evidence on the formation of public attitudes to the introduction of new technologies, particularly the formation of attitudes to nuclear energy technology. This is a limiting factor in achieving informed debate in the development of a national energy policy. These are key findings in a research project recently...