The economic viability of nuclear power in a fossil-fuel-rich country: Australia

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1305-1311

  Owen, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Economics; Nuclear

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAPITAL COSTS; COMBINED CYCLE; CURRENT GENERATION; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENERGY MIX; GENERATING UNIT; GENERATION IV; GOVERNMENT POLICY; LOAD FOLLOWING; NUCLEAR; NUCLEAR PLANT; NUCLEAR POWER; NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION; NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENT; NUCLEAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952071206     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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