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Nuclear Power and Sustainable Energy Policy : Promises and Perils

The author examines the challenges and opportunities of nuclear power in meeting the projected large absolute increase in energy demand, especially electricity, throughout the industrialized and developing world, while helping to mitigate the threat of climate change. A significant global nuclear po...

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Main Author: Kessides, Ioannis N.
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
biomass
climate change
coal
electricity
electricity demand
electricity supply
energy demand
energy markets
energy sources
generating capacity
generation
global energy demand
nuclear power
nuclear reactors
primary energy
renewable energy
renewable sources
renewable sources of energy
sustainable energy
wind
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4443

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