Author: Brian Buckley
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773520776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The advent of nuclear weapons introduced a complex new factor into world politics, drawing a line through history and ensuring that international relations would never be the same. By both accident and design, Canada was a central player in the new nuclear era, as countries grappled with the implications of this revolutionary new development. Canada's decision, unique among pioneer atomic powers, not to acquire a nuclear arsenal has been used to buttress widely differing political agendas, while the factors that shaped the policy-making process have been largely ignored.
Canada's Early Nuclear Policy
The Nuclear North
Author: Susan Colbourn
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774864001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country’s role in a nuclear world. Should Canada belong to international alliances that depend on the threat of nuclear weapons for their own security? Should Canadian-produced nuclear technologies be exported? What about the impact of atomic research on local communities and the environment? This incisive nuclear history engages with much larger debates about national identity, Canadian foreign policy contradictions during the Cold War, and Canada’s global standing to investigate these critical questions.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774864001
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country’s role in a nuclear world. Should Canada belong to international alliances that depend on the threat of nuclear weapons for their own security? Should Canadian-produced nuclear technologies be exported? What about the impact of atomic research on local communities and the environment? This incisive nuclear history engages with much larger debates about national identity, Canadian foreign policy contradictions during the Cold War, and Canada’s global standing to investigate these critical questions.
Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival
Author: Duane Bratt
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773587934
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
As the world struggles to meet the growing international demands for electricity, green energy, and alternatives to fossil fuels, the nuclear power sector is experiencing global growth. Nuclear reactors are being designed and constructed at record rates, and Canada is joining the trend, with several provinces considering an expansion of their nuclear presence. Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival critically examines Canadian nuclear policy in order to show how historic, environmental, economic, and political factors have shaped the direction of the nation's energy industry. Duane Bratt presents a comparative study of the Canadian nuclear sector - using a framework of interest-based coalitions - in its response to the global revival, analyzing nuclear development in Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The book also answers fundamental questions such as: Has Canada seized international opportunities in uranium mining, reactor sales, and cooperation with other countries in nuclear research? To what extent has the industry been consolidated through mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, and the privatization of crown corporations? A state-of-the-art exploration of Canada's place in the rapidly shifting world of electricity production by an acclaimed expert in the field, Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival is a major contribution to the international nuclear debate.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773587934
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
As the world struggles to meet the growing international demands for electricity, green energy, and alternatives to fossil fuels, the nuclear power sector is experiencing global growth. Nuclear reactors are being designed and constructed at record rates, and Canada is joining the trend, with several provinces considering an expansion of their nuclear presence. Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival critically examines Canadian nuclear policy in order to show how historic, environmental, economic, and political factors have shaped the direction of the nation's energy industry. Duane Bratt presents a comparative study of the Canadian nuclear sector - using a framework of interest-based coalitions - in its response to the global revival, analyzing nuclear development in Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The book also answers fundamental questions such as: Has Canada seized international opportunities in uranium mining, reactor sales, and cooperation with other countries in nuclear research? To what extent has the industry been consolidated through mergers and acquisitions, foreign investment, and the privatization of crown corporations? A state-of-the-art exploration of Canada's place in the rapidly shifting world of electricity production by an acclaimed expert in the field, Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival is a major contribution to the international nuclear debate.
Canadian Nuclear Energy Policy
Author: CRUISE Conference on the Future of Nuclear Energy in Canada (1999 : Ottawa, Ont.)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802047885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Focusing on the federal government, but with special attention given to key changes in Ontario, the analytical core of this book identifies five key nuclear energy choices and challenges that face the federal government and other Canadian policy makers.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802047885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Focusing on the federal government, but with special attention given to key changes in Ontario, the analytical core of this book identifies five key nuclear energy choices and challenges that face the federal government and other Canadian policy makers.
Avoiding Armageddon
Author: Andrew Richter
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774840420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Drawing on previously classified government records, Richter reveals that Canadian defence officials independently came to strategic understandings of the most critical issues of the nuclear age regarding the use of force in resolving disputes. Canadian appreciation of deterrence, arms control, and strategic stability differed conceptually from the US models. Similarly, Canadian thinking on the controversial issues of air defence and the domestic acquisition of nuclear weapons was primarily influenced by decidedly Canadian interests. This book illustrates Canada's considerable latitude for independent defence thinking while providing key historical information that helps make sense of the contemporary Canadian defence debate.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774840420
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Drawing on previously classified government records, Richter reveals that Canadian defence officials independently came to strategic understandings of the most critical issues of the nuclear age regarding the use of force in resolving disputes. Canadian appreciation of deterrence, arms control, and strategic stability differed conceptually from the US models. Similarly, Canadian thinking on the controversial issues of air defence and the domestic acquisition of nuclear weapons was primarily influenced by decidedly Canadian interests. This book illustrates Canada's considerable latitude for independent defence thinking while providing key historical information that helps make sense of the contemporary Canadian defence debate.
Canada's Nuclear Non-proliferation Policy
Author: Canada. Department of External Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Canada
Author: John Clearwater
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550023292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
In a follow-up to Canadian Nuclear Weapons, the author brings together recently declassified information of nuclear weapons stored, stationed, or lost in Canada.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550023292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
In a follow-up to Canadian Nuclear Weapons, the author brings together recently declassified information of nuclear weapons stored, stationed, or lost in Canada.
Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival
Author: Duane Bratt
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773540687
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A timely contribution to understanding the policy challenges of relying on nuclear power.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773540687
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A timely contribution to understanding the policy challenges of relying on nuclear power.
Give Me Shelter
Author: Andrew Paul Burtch
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774822406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
What do you do when a nuclear weapon detonates nearby? During the early Cold War years of 1945-63, Civil Defence Canada and the Emergency Measures Organization planned for just such a disaster and encouraged citizens to prepare their families and their cities for nuclear war. By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil defence program was widely mocked, and the public was vastly unprepared for nuclear war. Canada’s civil defence program was born in the early Cold War, when fears of conflict between the superpowers ran high. Give Me Shelter features previously unreleased documents detailing Canada’s nuclear survival plans. Andrew Burtch reveals how the organization publicly appealed to citizens to prepare for disaster themselves -- from volunteering as air-raid wardens to building fallout shelters. This tactic ultimately failed, however, due to a skeptical populace, chronic underfunding, and repeated bureaucratic fumbling. Give Me Shelter exposes the challenges of educating the public in the face of the looming threat of nuclear annihilation. Give Me Shelter explains how governments and the public prepared for the unexpected. It is essential reading for historians, policymakers, and anybody interested in Canada’s Cold War home front.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774822406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
What do you do when a nuclear weapon detonates nearby? During the early Cold War years of 1945-63, Civil Defence Canada and the Emergency Measures Organization planned for just such a disaster and encouraged citizens to prepare their families and their cities for nuclear war. By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil defence program was widely mocked, and the public was vastly unprepared for nuclear war. Canada’s civil defence program was born in the early Cold War, when fears of conflict between the superpowers ran high. Give Me Shelter features previously unreleased documents detailing Canada’s nuclear survival plans. Andrew Burtch reveals how the organization publicly appealed to citizens to prepare for disaster themselves -- from volunteering as air-raid wardens to building fallout shelters. This tactic ultimately failed, however, due to a skeptical populace, chronic underfunding, and repeated bureaucratic fumbling. Give Me Shelter exposes the challenges of educating the public in the face of the looming threat of nuclear annihilation. Give Me Shelter explains how governments and the public prepared for the unexpected. It is essential reading for historians, policymakers, and anybody interested in Canada’s Cold War home front.
Learning to Love the Bomb
Author: Sean M. Maloney
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1574886169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Offers controversial data and conclusions about Canada's management of nuclear weapons and of its image on the world stage; Based on newly declassified Canadian and U.S. documents from the 1950s and 1960s
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1574886169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Offers controversial data and conclusions about Canada's management of nuclear weapons and of its image on the world stage; Based on newly declassified Canadian and U.S. documents from the 1950s and 1960s