Introduction: Non-rational assessment of risk and the development of civilian nuclear power

Nuclear Energy and Security in the Former Soviet Union

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 1-17

  Young, Marilyn J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746203440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429498602     Document Type: Chapter

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