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1. ROK Nuclear Energy Plans At the Nautilus Asia Energy Security workshop held at Tsinghua University from Nov. 5-7, 2006, Jungmin Kang presented a summary of the policies and plans for future nuclear energy development and nuclear spent fuel management in South Korea. (view report here.) 2. DPRK Energy Infrastructure Investment The Korea Energy Economics […]

East Asian Science & Security Network Report, Nov. 29, 2006 1. Northeast Asia Energy Scenarios At a recent meeting of the Asia Energy Security project held at Tsinghua University in Beijing, country teams from the region presented the latest findings from their research into the status of the energy sector and into alternative future energy […]

East Asia Science and Security Network Report, Nov. 15, 2006 1. DPRK Energy Development At the meeting of the Nautilus Institute’s Asian Energy Security project, held in Beijing Nov. 6-7, a delegation from the DPRK presented their country’s views of regional energy cooperation, and its efforts at wind power development. Energy Futures and Energy Cooperation […]

East Asia Science and Security Collaborative Network Report, Oct. 25, 2006 1. DPRK Nuclear Test Jungmin Kang and Peter Hayes provide a technical analysis of the DPRK’s recent nuclear test, and conclude that North Korea now occupies an ambiguous state of having declared itself a nuclear state but not yet having demonstrated a usable weapon. […]

East Asia Science and Security Collaborative Network Report, Oct. 11, 2006 1. PRC Energy Supply A group of Japanese-based researchers published a report on the energy supply and demand outlook for all 31 Chinese provinces up to 2030. Long-term Energy Demand and Supply Outlook for Chinese provinces Long Yongtu, China’s former chief negotiator at the […]

East Asia Science and Security Cooperative Network Report, Sept. 27, 2006 1. Russian Energy Trading Russia has ordered a detailed environmental order of Royal Dutch Shell’s Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project, and has threatened to sue the company for “hundreds of millions” of dollars. Japan has warned that the failure to restart the project could […]

East Asia Science and Security Cooperative Network Report, Aug. 30, 2006 PRC Energy Supply While preparing for a visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced his plan to increase oil sales to China to half a million barrels per day within five years. Venezuela is seeking to reduce its reliance on […]

East Asia Science and Security Cooperative Network Report, Aug. 16, 2006 With this issue, the Asian Energy Security Network (AESNet) becomes the East Asia Science and Security Collaborative Network (EASSCNet). While continuing to provide timely news and innovative research on issues of energy security, the new service will expand to include other issues relating to […]

1. DPRK Energy Experts Working Group Meeting The Nautilus Institute released papers and related materials from the DPRK ENERGY EXPERTS WORKING GROUP MEETING held in San Francisco, California on June 26 and 27, 2006. The meeting was funded by the US Department of Energy and Korea Energy Economics Institute and co hosted by the Preventive […]

1. PRC Energy Security and US Policy The National Bureau of Asian Research (K. Lieberthal, M. Herberg, “NBR ANALYSIS. CHINA’S SEARCH FOR ENERGY SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY,” April 2006) released this report which “examines China’s global search for energy security, draws implications for U.S. global energy and security interests, and recommends policies that will […]