Assessing the impacts of nuclear desalination and geoengineering to address China's water shortages

Desalination

Volumn 360, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Avrin, Anne Perrine ^a,b   He, Gang ^a,b   Kammen, Daniel M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Economic analysis; Nuclear desalination; South North Water Transfer Project; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; DESALINATION; FLOOD CONTROL; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SUPPLY CHAINS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; DESALINATION ECONOMIC EVALUATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; NUCLEAR DESALINATION; SOUTH-NORTH WATER TRANSFER PROJECTS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC STUDIES; WATER SCARCITY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; NUCLEAR POWER; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84920911122     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.12.028     Document Type: Article

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