The risk of early retirement of U.S. nuclear power plants under electricity deregulation and CO2 emission reductions

Energy Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 61-87

  Rothwell, Geoffrey S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS;

EMISSION REDUCTION;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0034581943     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol21-No3-3     Document Type: Article

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