Expert assessments of the cost of light water small modular reactors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 9686-9691

  Abdulla, Ahmed ^a   Azevedo, Inês Lima ^a   Morgan, M Granger ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear power economics; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COST; ELECTRICITY; EXPOSURE; LIGHT; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SMALL MODULAR REACTOR; SYNTHESIS; WATER SUPPLY;

NUCLEAR POWER ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NUCLEAR REACTORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

EID: 84879003178     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300195110     Document Type: Article

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