Comment on "prevented mortality and greenhouse gas emissions from historical and projected nuclear power"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6715-6717

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a   Parenteau, Patrick ^a   Ramana, M V ^b   Valentine, Scott V ^c   Jacobson, Mark Z ^d   Delucchi, Mark A ^e   Diesendorf, Mark ^f  

^a VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER RISK; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM MINE;

GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84879217726     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401667h     Document Type: Letter

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