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'''Stephen Thomas''' is professor at the [[University of Greenwich]] Business School, and has been a researcher in the area of [[energy policy]] for over 25 years. He specialises in the economics and policy of [[nuclear power]], liberalisation and privatisation of the [[electricity]] and gas industries, and trade policy on network energy industries. Professor Thomas serves on the editorial boards several periodicals including ''Energy Policy, Utility Policy, Energy and Environment'', and ''International Journal of Regulation and Governance''.<ref name=tom>[http://www.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/departments/ibe/Professor-Steve-Thomas Professor Steve Thomas]</ref> |
'''Stephen Thomas''' is professor at the [[University of Greenwich]] Business School, and has been a researcher in the area of [[energy policy]] for over 25 years. He specialises in the economics and policy of [[nuclear power]], liberalisation and privatisation of the [[electricity]] and gas industries, and trade policy on network energy industries. Professor Thomas serves on the editorial boards several periodicals including ''Energy Policy, Utility Policy, Energy and Environment'', and ''International Journal of Regulation and Governance''.<ref name=tom>[http://www.gre.ac.uk/schools/business/departments/ibe/Professor-Steve-Thomas Professor Steve Thomas]</ref> |
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Professor Thomas has been quite critical of the idea that the nuclear power industry is undergoing a "renaissance". In May 2009 he said: |
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We've been waiting in vain on a 'Nuclear Renaissance' in Europe since the early 1990s. Even before the recent collapse in energy prices and the financial downturn, it was clear that all of the talk of a new resurgence in the prospects for nuclear reactors was just that: talk.<ref>[http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-20-2009/0005030201&EDATE= U.K. Expert: U.S. is Not Losing International 'Race' on Nuclear Power With France and Other Nations]</ref> |
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==Selected recent publications<ref name=tom />== |
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Revision as of 03:32, 21 May 2009
Stephen Thomas is professor at the University of Greenwich Business School, and has been a researcher in the area of energy policy for over 25 years. He specialises in the economics and policy of nuclear power, liberalisation and privatisation of the electricity and gas industries, and trade policy on network energy industries. Professor Thomas serves on the editorial boards several periodicals including Energy Policy, Utility Policy, Energy and Environment, and International Journal of Regulation and Governance.[1]
Professor Thomas has been quite critical of the idea that the nuclear power industry is undergoing a "renaissance". In May 2009 he said:
We've been waiting in vain on a 'Nuclear Renaissance' in Europe since the early 1990s. Even before the recent collapse in energy prices and the financial downturn, it was clear that all of the talk of a new resurgence in the prospects for nuclear reactors was just that: talk.[2]
Selected recent publications[1]
- International Perspectives on Energy Policy and the Role of Nuclear Power, Multi-Science Publishing, 2009.
- The grin of the Cheshire cat, Energy Policy, vol 34, 15, 2006, pp 1974-1983.
- The British Model in Britain: failing slowly, Energy Policy, vol 34, 5, 2006, pp 583-600.
- The UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Energy & Environment, vol 16, no 6, 2005, pp 923-935.
- Evaluating the British Model of electricity deregulation, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, vol 75, 3, 2004, pp 367-398.