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United States and India strategic cooperation /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Asian political, economic and security issues.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY: VIRTUAL RESOURCES OF "NEGAWATTS"RELATIVE COSTS; Coal; Hydro; Natural Gas; Nuclear; Renewables; PACE OF DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; Coal; Hydro; Nuclear; LOCATION OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; ENERGY INDEPENDENCE; CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A: KEY FINDINGS BY CRITERION; APPENDIX B: MAIN POWER PLANTS IN INDIA; APPENDIX C: COAL PRODUCTION, USE AND IMPORTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; End Notes; NUCLEAR POWER IN INDIA:FAILED PAST, DUBIOUS FUTURE; INITIATION; ORGANIZATIONS AND STRUCTURE; EXTERNAL INPUTS; PROJECTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS; BREEDER REACTORS.
- EXPENSIVE POWERACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS; NUCLEAR POWER, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR POWER AND THE INDO-U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL; CONCLUSIONS; End Notes; PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION IN INDIA AND THE U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; INDIA'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; FISSILE MATERIALS IN INDIA; Weapons Grade Plutonium; Civil Plutonium; The Uranium Constraint; Power Reactor Spent Fuel; The Fast Breeder Reactor Program; CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX I: POWER REACTORS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN; End Notes; TERRORISM, MISSILES, AND ARMS CONTROL.
- ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITYOF THE INDIAN CIVILIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMTO MILITARY AND TERRORIST ATTACKGROWING DANGERS; INDIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE; Indian Nuclear Facilities; Nuclear Power Plants; Research Reactors; Plutonium Production Reactors; Breeder Reactors; Spent Fuel Pools; Reprocessing Plants; High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Areas; Uranium Enrichment Facilities; Electricity Distribution Grid; Modes of Attack or Sabotage; Airplane Crashes or Bombings; Truck Bombs; Commando-Type Attacks; Cyber-Attacks; Insider Collusion; Regulation, Safety, Secrecy, and Security.
- TERRORISM AND SECTARIAN VIOLENCEPROTECTIVE MEASURES; Guarding against Unintended Consequences; RECOMMENDATIONS; Separate Civilian and Military Nuclear Programs; Develop Cooperative Nuclear Security; Implement Best Safety and Security Practices; Create a More Open Civilian Nuclear Infrastructure; End Notes; U.S. SATELLITE SPACE LAUNCH COOPERATIONAND INDIA'S INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM; The "Glide Path"; India's ICBM-What and Why; How India Got Here; How the United States Got Here; India's Exports; Analysis; Recommendations; CONCLUSION; End Notes.