A nuclear solution to climate change?

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5469, 2000, Pages 1177-1178

  Sailor, William C ^a   Bodansky, David ^b   Braun, Chaim ^c   Fetter, Steve ^d   Van Der Zwaan, Bob ^a,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Altos Management Partners   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

CLIMATE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SHORT SURVEY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0034685911     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5469.1177     Document Type: Short Survey

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