A civil super-Apollo project in nuclear research for a safer and prosperous world

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-65

  Sornette, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Innovation; Investment; Nuclear stewardship; Social instabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934877222     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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