Building nuclear power plants in the United States could be the best clean alternative to coal in the near future. Or it could be a costly mistake.
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Charles D. Ferguson is president of the Federation of American Scientists, Washington DC 20036, USA. cferguson@fas.org
- Charles D. Ferguson
Lindsey E. Marburger is a programme manager at the Federation of American Scientists, Washington DC 20036, USA.
- Lindsey E. Marburger
J. Doyne Farmer is a professor at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, USA jdf@santafe.edu
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Arjun Makhijani is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, Maryland 20912, USA.
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