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The Need for Nuclear Power

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Nuclear power is not doing well in the USA. No new plant has been ordered since 1973. Many orders placed before 1973 have been cancelled.

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Bethe, H.A. (1998). The Need for Nuclear Power. In: Kursunoglu, B.N., Mintz, S.L., Perlmutter, A. (eds) Environment and Nuclear Energy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1546-7_5

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