The economic history of nuclear energy in Spain : governance, business and finance
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The economic history of nuclear energy in Spain : governance, business and finance
(Palgrave studies in economic history)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2017
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-277) and index
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Description
This book analyses the economic history of the nuclear program in Spain, from its inception in the 1950s to the nuclear moratorium in the early 1980s, and investigates the economic, financial and business origins of atomic energy in Spain. The actual dimension of the Spanish nuclear sector, which exceeded the relative economic and political clout of the country at the time, reflects the combination of domestic and foreign interests. Each contribution inserts the Spanish case within the international development of nuclear energy, but also shows how the Spanish nuclear program came about, how it was financed, and who the main architects and beneficiaries at the industrial, financial, commercial and banking levels were; all without losing sight of the energy policy aspects such as energy mix and energy security. The volume provides useful analysis and sources for a variety of core fields across the social sciences including economic history of post-war Europe, industrial and energy policy, international relations and history of technology.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface by Editors
Chapter 1. Seeking the Perennial Fountain of the World's Prosperity
M.d.M. Rubio-Varas & J. De la Torre
Chapter 2. Who was Who in the Making of Spanish Nuclear Programme, c. 1950-1985
J. De la Torre
The Nuclear Business and the Spanish Electric-Banking Oligopoly: The First Steps
J. Garrues-Irurzun & J.A. Rubio-Mondejar
Chapter 4. Human Capital and Physics Research for the Spanish Nuclear Program
A. Presas-i-Puig
Chapter 5. How did Spain Become the Major US Nuclear Client?
M.d.M. Rubio-Varas & J. De la Torre
Chapter 6. An Alternative Route? France's Position in the Spanish Nuclear Program, c. 1950s-1980s
E. Sanchez-Sanchez
Chapter 7. The Long Road to the Trillo Nuclear Power Plant: West Germany in the Spanish Nuclear Race
G. Sanz Lafuente
Chapter 8. Energy Planning, Nuclear Promises and Realities
B. Munoz-Delgado & M.d.M. Rubio-Varas
Data Appendix Facts and Figures of the Spanish nuclear program
List of references
Index
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