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One final point of public misunderstanding is the widespread impression that solar electricity will soon be replacing nuclear power, so there is no need to bother with nuclear energy. There are vociferous political organizations pushing this viewpoint, and a substantial portion of the public seems to be largely convinced that our primary source of electricity in the next century will be solar.
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Cohen, B.L. (1990). The Solar Dream. In: The Nuclear Energy Option. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6002-3_14
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