Surviving the one-two nuclear punch: Assessing risk and policy in a post-Fukushima world

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 47-54

  Lyman, Edwin S ^a  

^a Union of Concerned Scientists   (United States)

Author keywords

Design basis accident; Fukushima; Nuclear regulation; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Safe shutdown earthquake; Small modular reactor; Westinghouse AP1000 reactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055217693     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340211421470     Document Type: Article

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