Three Mile Island: The driver of US nuclear power's decline?

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Hultman, Nathan ^a   Koomey, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Cancellation; Construction; Fukushima; Industry; Nuclear power; Power plant; Reactor; Three Mile Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879350244     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340213485949     Document Type: Article

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