Déjà vu all over again: Climate change and the prospects for a nuclear power renaissance

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 668-686

  Duffy, Robert ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic viability; Nuclear power

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; NUCLEAR POWER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053018971     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.608533     Document Type: Article

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