Waste not want not? Australia and the politics of high-level nuclear waste

Australian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 283-301

  Holland, Ian ^a  

^a Australian Parliament ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 0036021635     PISSN: 10361146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10361140220148151     Document Type: Article

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