An international comparison of regulatory organizations and licensing procedures for new nuclear power plants

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1344-1354

  Bredimas, Alexandre ^a   Nuttall, William J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Licensing; Nuclear power; Safety regulation

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL LAW; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS;

LICENSING; SAFETY REGULATION;

ENERGY POLICY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ASIA; CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; GERMANY; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 40149099124     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.10.035     Document Type: Article

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