The prospective environmental impacts of Iran nuclear energy expansion

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6351-6359

  Beheshti, Hamed ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iran environment; Nuclear program; Water resources

Indexed keywords

DIRECT IMPACT; ENERGY EXPANSION; IRAN ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR PROGRAM; PERSIAN GULF; SEMIARID AREA; URANIUM MINING; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ARID REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; URANIUM;

WATER RESOURCES;

ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MILLING; NUCLEAR POWER; URANIUM; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 80052698822     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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