Slow and stunted: Plutonium accounting and the growth of fast breeder reactors in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5028-5036

  Ramana, M V ^a   Suchitra, J Y ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Breeder reactors; Growth projections; Indian nuclear programme

Indexed keywords

DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY; FAST BREEDER REACTORS; GROWTH PROJECTIONS; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR PROGRAMMES;

BREEDER REACTORS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FAST REACTORS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLUTONIUM;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ENERGY POLICY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER; PLUTONIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 71849115541     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.063     Document Type: Article

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