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M. V. Ramana
Professor
Research Classification
Research Interests
arms control
Energy transitions
degrowth
nuclear disarmament
nuclear energy
nuclear policy
political economy of energy
risk of nuclear accidents
Relevant Thesis-Based Degree Programs
Affiliations to Research Centres, Institutes & Clusters
Research Options
I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
Research Methodology
Interdisciplinary
News Releases
This list shows a selection of news releases by UBC Media Relations over the last 5 years.
Publications
- India and the Policy of No First Use of Nuclear Weapons (2018)
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 1 (1), 152--168 - Managing China’s coal power plants to address multiple environmental objectives (2018)
Nature Sustainability, 1 (11), 693 - Technical and social problems of nuclear waste (2018)
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 7 (4), e289 - The Twenty Years’ Crisis of Nuclear South Asia, 1998–2018: A Workshop Report (2018)
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 1 (2), 529--535 - Scrambling to sell a nuclear Middle East (2016)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 72 (1), 39--43 - Back to the Future: Small Modular Reactors, Nuclear Fantasies, and Symbolic Convergence (2015)
Science, Technology, & Human Values, 40 (1), 96--125 - Flunking Atomic Audits (2015)
Economic and Political Weekly, 47 (39), 7--8 - The China Syndrome? Nuclear Power Growth and Safety After Fukushima (2015)
Asian Perspective, 39 (4), 607--636 - The Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors (2015)
IEEE Spectrum, - ‘One in infinity’: failing to learn from accidents and implications for nuclear safety in India (2014)
Journal of Risk Research, 17 (1), 23--42 - Asian War Machines (2014)
Critical Asian Studies, 46 (2), 345--360 - Breeder reactors: A possible connection between metal corrosion and sodium leaks (2014)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 70 (3), 49--55 - One size doesn’t fit all: Social priorities and technical conflicts for small modular reactors (2014)
Energy Research & Social Science, 2, 115--124 - Too Costly to Matter: Economics of Nuclear Power for Saudi Arabia (2014)
Energy, 69, 682--694 - Cost of electricity from the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (2013)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLVII (26\&2), 51--60 - Licensing small modular reactors (2013)
Energy, 61, 555--564 - Nuclear Safety in India: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence (2013)
OUCIP Journal of International Studies, 1 (1), 49--72 - Resource Requirements and Proliferation Risks Associated with Small Modular Reactors (2013)
Nuclear Technology, 184, 121--129 - Why India's electricity is likely to remain in short supply: The economics of nuclear power (2013)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 69 (6), 67--78 - The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (2012)
- Beyond our imagination: Fukushima and the problem of assessing risk (2011)
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, - Choosing a standard reactor: International competition and domestic politics in Chinese nuclear policy (2011)
Energy, 36 (12), 6779--6789 - The Costs of Power: Plutonium and the Economics of India’s Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (2011)
International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 35 (1), 1--23 - The Enduring Power of Mass Production, Mass Consumption and Mass Destruction (2011)
Development, 54 (2), 194--196 - The Limits of Safety Analysis: Severe Nuclear Accident Possibilities at the PFBR (2011)
Economic & Political Weekly, XLVI (43), 44--49 - Safety First? Kaiga and Other Nuclear Stories (2010)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLV (7), 47--54 - The Environmental Impact Assessment Process for Nuclear Facilities: An Examination of the Indian Experience (2010)
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 30, 268--271 - The Other Side of Nuclear Liability (2010)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLV (16), 48--54 - India and fast breeder reactors (2009)
Science and Global Security, 17 (1), 54--67 - Least Cost Principles and Electricity Planning for Karnataka (2009)
Energy for Sustainable Development, 13 (4), 225--234 - Nuclear Power: Economic, Safety, Health, and Environmental Issues of Near-Term Technologies (2009)
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 34, 127--52 - Slow and Stunted: Plutonium Accounting and the Growth of Fast Breeder Reactors (2009)
Energy Policy, 37, 5028--5036 - Compromising Safety: Design Choices and Severe Accident Possibilities in India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (2008)
Science and Global Security, 16, 87--114 - Violating Letter and Spirit: Environmental Clearances for Koodankulam Reactors (2008)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLIII (51), 14--18 - Costing Plutonium: Economics of Reprocessing in India (2007)
International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 27 (4), 454--471 - Economics of Nuclear Power: Subsidies and Competitiveness (2007)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLII (2), 169--171 - Heavy Subsidies in Heavy Water (2007)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLII (34), 3483--3490 - Uranium Mining in Meghalaya: Simmering Problem (2007)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLII (52), 13--17 - Weapon-Grade Plutonium Production Potential in the Indian Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (2007)
Science and Global Security, 15, 85--105 - Economic and Environmental Costs of Nuclear Power (2006)
Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Society of Ecological Economics, - Fissile Materials in South Asia and the Implications of the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (2006)
Science and Global Security, 14, 117--143 - Fissile Materials in South Asia: The Implications of the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal (2006)
- High Costs, Questionable Benefits of Reprocessing (2006)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLI (47), 4848--4851 - Twenty Years after Chernobyl: Debates and Lessons (2006)
Economic and Political Weekly, XLI (18), 1743--1747 - Economics of Nuclear Power from Heavy Water Reactors (2005)
Economic and Political Weekly, XL (17), 1763--1773 - Feeding the Nuclear Fire (2005)
Economic and Political Weekly, XL (35), 3808--3812 - An Estimate of India's Uranium Enrichment Capacity (2004)
Science and Global Security, 12, 115--124 - Making Weapons, Talking Peace: Resolving Dilemma of Nuclear Negotiations (2004)
Economic and Political Weekly, XXXIX (29), 3221--3224 - Possession and deployment of nuclear weapons in South Asia: An assessment of some risks (2002)
Economic and Political Weekly, XXXVI (25), 2459--2466 - Estimating nuclear waste production in India (2001)
Current Science, 81 (11), 1458--1462 - Risks and consequences of nuclear weapons accidents in South Asia (2000)
- Beyond Lahore: From transparency to arms control (1999)
Economic and Political Weekly, XXXIV (16-17), 938--942 - Walking technicolor signatures at hadron colliders (1991)
Physical Review D, 44 (9), 2678--2700
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