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Nuclear is carbon-neutral

MAY 01, 2021

DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.4738

David Kramer

Kramer replies : The omission of nuclear power as a carbon-neutral power source was inadvertent, not deliberate.

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David Kramer, Physics Today, College Park, Maryland. dkramer@aip.org

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