Sustainability issues in the development of Nuclear Fission energy

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 938-946

  Piera, Mireia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuel cycles; Nuclear Fission; Nuclear reactors; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; FUEL CYCLE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR FISSION; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES;

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 75849143362     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.11.032     Document Type: Article

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