Small modular reactors: A comprehensive overview of their economics and strategic aspects

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-85

  Locatelli, Giorgio ^a   Bingham, Chris ^a   Mancini, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economics; Finance; Life cycle assessment; Small modular reactors; SMR; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT POSITION; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIGHT WATER REACTOR (LWR); REDUCING EMISSIONS; SMALL MODULAR REACTORS; SMR;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; GAS PLANTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; POWER PLANTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 84893746084     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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