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Nuclear Engineering: A Conceptual Introduction to Nuclear Power - Chapter 16: Public Acceptability, Cost and Nuclear Energy in the Future

Elsevier, Nuclear Engineering: A Conceptual Introduction to Nuclear Power, 2018, Pages 379-407
Authors: 
Malcolm Joyce

In this chapter, those concepts that are associated with public acceptability, cost and the future of nuclear energy are introduced and discussed. These important topics span the fields of economics and the public perception of risk at an important time for the world in terms of sustainable development, globalisation and climate change.