Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Comparative studies of developing countries -- Survey of nuclear energy programs / James Everett Katz -- The consideration of nuclear power / Ian Smart -- The economics of nuclear power / Onkar S. Marwah -- Scientists, government, and n uclear power / James Everett Katz -- Part II. Country studies -- Argentina / Douglas L. Tweedale -- Brazil / Victoria Johnson -- People's Republic of China / Agatha S.Y. Wong-Fraser -- Egypt / Mohammad El-Sayed Selim -- India / R.R. Subramanian and C. Raja Mohan -- Indonesia / Daniel B. Poneman -- Iran / Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani -- Republic of (South) Korea / Young-Sun Ha -- Mexico / Juan Eibenschutz -- Pakistan / Shirin Tahir-Kheli -- Philippines / S. Jacob Scherr -- Republic of China / Yung Wei and Yu Hao Lee -- Turkey / Tolga Yarman -- Venezuela / Marcel Roche -- Yugoslavia / James P. Nichol and Gordon L. McDaniel.

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