The status quo of China's nuclear power and the uranium gap solution

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 966-975

  Guang, Yang ^a   Wenjie, Huang ^a  

^a Electric Power University   (China)

Author keywords

China's nuclear power; Natural uranium demand model; Natural uranium gap

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION METHODS; COMMERCIAL OPERATION; DEMAND MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FUEL DEMAND; NATURAL URANIUM; NUCLEAR CAPACITY; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR POWER DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS; NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEM; URANIUM RESOURCES;

NUCLEAR ENERGY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; MODELING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; URANIUM;

CHINA;

EID: 72449145928     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.10.048     Document Type: Article

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