The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences

Peduzzi, Pascal; Harding Rohr Reis, Ruth

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The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences

ContributorsPeduzzi, Pascal

; Harding Rohr Reis, Ruth

Published inUNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS), p. 1-8

Publication date2011

Abstract

Many of the world's nuclear reactors are aging toward the end of their designed operational lifespan, at a time when the longstanding problem of radioactive nuclear waste disposal is still unsettled. The debate on this issue has intensified since the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.

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Centres et instituts / Institut des sciences de l'environnement

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PEDUZZI, Pascal, HARDING ROHR REIS, Ruth. The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences. In: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS), 2011, p. 1–8.

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The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors and Related Environmental Consequences

Many of the world's nuclear reactors are aging toward the end of their designed operational lifespan, at a time when the longstanding problem of radioactive nuclear waste disposal is still unsettled. The debate on this issue has intensified since the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.

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