"Nuclear energy sounded wonderful 40 years ago": UK citizen views on CCS

Energy Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 428-435

  Lock, Simon J ^a   Smallman, Melanie ^a   Lee, Maria ^a   Rydin, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCS; Focus groups; Nuclear power

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CCS; CCS TECHNOLOGIES; COMMUNITY GROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS; ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS; FOCUS GROUPS; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE;

CARBON CAPTURE;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; NUCLEAR POWER; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84892481854     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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