On the contribution of external cost calculations to energy system governance: The case of a potential large-scale nuclear accident

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5664-5673

  Laes, Erik ^a   Meskens, Gaston ^b   van der Sluijs, Jeroen P ^c  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

External cost; Nuclear power; Pedigree assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; CRITICAL REVIEW; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EXPERT PANELS; EXTERNAL COSTS; INTERNET SURVEY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; PEDIGREE ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; PUBLIC TRUST; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

COSTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RATING;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

ENERGY POLICY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960713598     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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