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The Environmental Paradox of Nuclear Power

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

David Bodansky

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Environmental Practice , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 86 - 88
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Copyright © National Association of Environmental Professionals 2001

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