This book is about how energy risk and governance are intertwined in the development of the
nuclear industry in India and its relationship with the Indian public. It provides a rare
insider-view of how the nuclear establishment thinks about risk contrasted with public
understandings of nuclear risk.Energy Risk and Governance presents a nuanced picture of why
nuclear energy is still considered by some as a rational choice. This is in spite of its risks
the ambiguities in both expert and public risk perceptions and the internal reflexivities that
have emerged within the nuclear establishment as a result of the Fukushima-Daiichi disaster
that is absent from public discourse. The insights in this book are not unique to India and
similar observations can likely be made across the global nuclear industry.Reflecting on what
this means for risk governance in practice this book proposes practical suggestions and some
tools that practitioners in the nuclear industry can use in public engagement risk
communication and deliberation at various stages of decision-making.
