Why is Brazil enriching uranium?

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2570-2577

  Cabrera Palmer, Belkis ^a   Rothwell, Geoffrey ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enriched uranium; Nuclear power economics; Nuclear proliferation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE;

URANIUM;

COMPETITIVENESS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; URANIUM;

BRAZIL; RESENDE BASIN; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44649127350     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.033     Document Type: Article

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