The geopolitical context for nuclear technologies has changed drastically since the end of the Cold War. After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, the United States became the sole superpower in the world, a position that was partially based on nuclear supremacy and control over thousands of nuclear warheads. Nuclear technologies continue to shape and reshape the geopolitical sphere twenty years later, with much of the new nuclear development in the Pacific Rim. While countries like France, Germany, and the United States debate what role nuclear energy should play in national energy mixes, states like India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Indonesia are fervently pursuing the creation or expansion of nuclear energy in their own countries. Nuklir Jawa (Nuclear Java), which delves into the Indonesian context for adopting nuclear power, is an excellent foray into the different ways that a nation-state...
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1 June 2015
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January 01 2015
Nuklir Jawa (Nuclear Java)
Amir, Sulfikar,
Nuklir Jawa (Nuclear Java)
Jakarta
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, 2012
. DVD, 48 minutes
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Jennifer Richter
Jennifer Richter
Consortium for Science
, Policy and Outcomes, and the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, PO Box 875603, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5603
e-mail: Jennifer.richter@asu.eduConsortium for Science
, Policy and Outcomes, and the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, PO Box 875603, Tempe, AZ, 85287-5603
e-mail: Jennifer.richter@asu.edu
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East Asian Science, Technology and Society (2015) 9 (2): 229–231.
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Jennifer Richter; Nuklir Jawa (Nuclear Java). East Asian Science, Technology and Society 1 June 2015; 9 (2): 229–231. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/18752160-2868696
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