Small modular reactors and the future of nuclear power in the United States

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 3, Issue C, 2014, Pages 161-177

  Cooper, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralized resources; Nuclear cost escalation; SMR technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927668623     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.07.014     Document Type: Review

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