Deconstructing Energy Law and Policy

Raphael Heffron is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds. Raphael's research interests are in energy law and policy, and in particular: electricity markets, energy subsidies, low carbon energy, energy justice and Arctic energy law. He has published in many energy law and policy journals such as: Oil, Gas and Energy Law; International Energy Law Review; Journal of World Energy Law and Business; Technology Forecasting and Social Change; Energy Policy; and Applied Energy. Raphael is a trained Barrister-at-Law and was called to the Bar in July 2007 in the Republic of Ireland. Raphael read for his PhD at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge (MPhil), the University of St. Andrews (MLitt), and Trinity College Dublin (BA, MA). Raphael is an Associate Researcher of the Energy Policy Research Group at the University of Cambridge and a Policy Fellow, Policy Fellows Network, Centre for Science and Policy, also at the University of Cambridge.

1. Introduction; 2. The Different Dimensions of Nuclear Energy Policy; 3. An Overview of EU and US Energy Legislation; 4. The Development of Romanian Nuclear Energy Law 1990-2010; 5. Energy Law and Policy Development in the US Nuclear Energy Industry: A Three State Analysis; 6.Exploring Energy Policy Inaction and Contradiction: The Case of Nuclear Energy in the US 1990-2010; 7. Revising Energy Law and Policy in the UK: Reigniting the Nuclear Energy Sector; 8. Conclusion: A Review of the Dynamics of the Nuclear Energy Industry: Strategy Development for the Nuclear Energy Sector; Appendix; References; Bibliography