TITLE

Nuclear Privatisation: Voodoo Economics

AUTHOR(S)

Brown, Paul

PUB. DATE

November 1999

SOURCE

Ecologist;Nov99, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p415

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Assesses the privatization of Great Britain's companies operating nuclear power. Policy on nuclear power plants in Great Britain; Costs of safety regulations for nuclear power plants.

ACCESSION #

2531150

 

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