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- Preliminary pages (PDF, 0.2MB)
- Figures (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Tables (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Acronyms and abbreviations (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Preface (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Contributors (PDF, 0.1MB)
- Introduction: Nuclear energy in Asia (PDF, 0.2MB) – Mel Gurtov
Part I The state of the nuclear industry
- Nuclear energy policy issues in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident (PDF, 0.2MB) – Tatsujiro Suzuki doi
- The French exception: The French nuclear power industry and its influence on political plans to transition to a new energy system (PDF, 0.3MB) – Christina Stuart doi
- Energy subsidies: Global estimates, causes of variance, and gaps for the nuclear fuel cycle (PDF, 0.3MB) – Doug Koplow doi
Part II Country studies
- A new normal? The changing future of nuclear energy in China (PDF, 0.2MB) – M. V. Ramana and Amy King doi
- Protesting policy and practice in South Korea’s nuclear energy industry (PDF, 0.2MB) – Lauren Richardson doi
- Control or manipulation? Nuclear power in Taiwan (PDF, 0.3MB) – Gloria Kuang-Jung Hsu doi
- Enhancing nuclear energy cooperation in ASEAN: Regional norms and challenges (PDF, 0.2MB) – Mely Caballero-Anthony and Julius Cesar I. Trajano doi
Part III The real costs of going nuclear
- Health implications of ionising radiation (PDF, 0.3MB) – Tilman A. Ruff doi
- Nuclear energy and its ecological byproducts: Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima (PDF, 0.2MB) – Timothy A. Mousseau and Anders P. Møller doi
Part IV A post-nuclear future
- Decommissioning nuclear power reactors (PDF, 0.2MB) – Kalman A. Robertson doi
- Sustainable energy options (PDF, 0.4MB) – Andrew Blakers doi
- Lessons of Fukushima: Nine reasons why (PDF, 0.2MB) – Peter Van Ness doi