A global overview on nuclear desalination

International Journal of Nuclear Desalination

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-328

  Khamis, I ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

desalination technologies; fresh water supply; nuclear desalination; outlook; trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951108746     PISSN: 1476914X     EISSN: 17419204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJND.2009.028859     Document Type: Article

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