Conference Abstract
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06 Sep 2023
Conference Abstract |
| 06 Sep 2023
| 06 Sep 2023
Economics of new nuclear power plants – assessment of investments into Generation III, small modular reactors and non-light-water reactors
Fanny Böse
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
BASE (Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management) F2
Social science research, Berlin, Germany
Workgroup for Economic and Infrastructure Policy (WIP), Technical University Berlin (TUB), Berlin, Germany
Christian von Hirschhausen
Workgroup for Economic and Infrastructure Policy (WIP), Technical University Berlin (TUB), Berlin, Germany
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