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1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Routledge library editions. Energy economics ; volume 17
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Routledge library editions. Energy economics ; v. 17.
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Note |
Originally published in 1991 by Routledge. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Chapter 1 Preliminary considerations: reactor types and characteristics -- chapter 2 The world pattern of nuclear power production -- chapter 3 The USA and Canada -- chapter 4 Western Europe -- chapter 5 The USSR and CMEA countries of Eastern Europe -- chapter 6 East Asia -- chapter 7 From uranium ore to fuel element: the front-endof the nuclear fuel cycle -- chapter 8 The nature of the hazards: radiation and its biological effects -- chapter 9 Money costs of nuclear power and their locational effects -- chapter 10 Safety issues in the siting of nuclear power plants -- chapter 11 Siting in relation to exceptional environmental events:earthquakes and faults, tornadoes, tsunamis and floods -- chapter 12 The back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle: storing andtransporting radioactive waste -- chapter 13 Prospects for the future. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Nuclear power plants.
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Nuclear power plants. |
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Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures.
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Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures. |
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Nuclear fuels.
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Spent reactor fuels.
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Nuclear fuels. |
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Spent reactor fuels. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mounfield, Peter R., 1935- World nuclear power. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018 1138306207 9781138306202 (OCoLC)990701904 |
ISBN |
9781315141657 (electronic book) |
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1315141655 (electronic book) |
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9781138306400 |
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9781138306202 |
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1138306207 |
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