Socioeconomic costs of replacing nuclear power with fossil and renewable energy in Taiwan

Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 369-381

  Shih, Yi Hsuan ^a,c   Shi, Nian Xun ^b   Tseng, Chao Heng ^b   Pan, Shu Yuan ^a,d   Chiang, Pen Chi ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Nuclear power; Renewable energy; Socioeconomic costs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; GAS; META-ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER; NUMERICAL METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RADIONUCLIDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; TAIWAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84981488826     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.07.118     Document Type: Article

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