A nuclear Nigeria: How feasible is it?

Energy Strategy Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 261-265

  Ejiogu, Amanze Rajesh ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy reform; Nigeria; Nuclear; Nuclear Power Project

Indexed keywords

ENERGY REFORMS; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; NIGERIA; NUCLEAR; NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT; NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY; OIL AND GAS RESERVES; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS;

ENERGY POLICY;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 84877621471     PISSN: 2211467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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