Costing plutonium: Economics of reprocessing in India

International Journal of Global Energy Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-471

  Ramana, M V ^a   Suchitra, J Y ^b  

^a ISEC Campus   (India)

^b 303 Meenakshi Apts ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Breeder; Energy economics; India; Nuclear; Plutonium; Radioactive waste; Reactors; Reprocessing; Spent fuel

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BREEDER REACTORS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDIA; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENERGY ECONOMICS; PRODUCING PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRODUCTION COST; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; INDIA; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348964602     PISSN: 09547118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2007.014867     Document Type: Article

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