Why nuclear energy is sustainable and has to be part of the energy mix

Sustainable Materials and Technologies

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-16

  Brook, Barry W ^a   Alonso, Agustin ^b   Meneley, Daniel A ^c   Misak, Jozef ^d   Blees, Tom ^e   van Erp, Jan B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Univ OIT   (Canada)

^d UJV Re   (Czech Republic)

^e Science Council for Global Initiatives   (United States)

^f Energy Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Fossil fuels; Methane; Nuclear fission; Renewables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944050008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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