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Nuclear renaissance plans hit by financial crisis

Nature volume 456, pages 286–287 (2008)Cite this article

Role of fission in fighting climate change looks likely to wane.

Frozen global credit markets and the prospect of a prolonged economic recession are threatening the resurgence of nuclear power that has been touted by governments and industry around the world.

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Brumfiel, G. Nuclear renaissance plans hit by financial crisis. Nature 456, 286–287 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456286a

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