TITLE

Nuclear Power

AUTHOR(S)
Ma'anit, Adam
PUB. DATE
September 2005
SOURCE
New Internationalist;Sep2005, Issue 382, p1
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Comments on the nuclear power development in Asia as of September 2005. Government subsidies for the development of nuclear power plants; Implications for the environment; Reaction of anti-nuclear campaigners to the surge in nuclear power development.
ACCESSION #
18172537

Tags: NUCLEAR energy;  POWER resources;  ENERGY industries;  SUBSIDIES

 

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