About the Book: The People of Asia Say No to Nuclear Power
Nuclear energy has long been promoted as a solution to Asias growing energy
demands with little attention to its often debilitating impact on host
communities. Composed by the grassroots organization No Nukes Asia Forum, this
book provides a critical introduction to the debates surrounding nuclear energy
proliferation across Asia by tracing 25 years of transnational organizing in the
area. A protagonist in this field, No Nukes Asia Forum has aimed to cultivate
transnational partnerships between communities who collectively face
displacement from nuclear development schemes since the dawn of the Nuclear Age
through the present. Through these