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Nuclear Energy: Small Modular Reactors and Climate Change

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  • Can Small Modular Reactors really help mitigate climate change?

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    Publication: Glaser, Alexander, Laura Berzak Hopkins, and M.V. Ramana. 2013. "Resource Requirements and Proliferation Risks Associated with Small Modular Reactors." Nuclear Technology 184: 121–29.<br>Ramana, M. V., and Zia Mian. 2014. "One Size Doesn't Fit All: Social Priorities and Technical Conflicts for Small Modular Reactors." Energy Research & Social Science 2 (June): 115–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2014.04.015.<br>Ramana, M.V. 2015. "The Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors." IEEE Spectrum, May. http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/nuclear/the-forgotten-history-of-small-nuclear-reactors.<br>Sovacool, Benjamin K., and M.V. Ramana. 2015. "Back to the Future: Small Modular Reactors, Nuclear Fantasies, and Symbolic Convergence." Science, Technology, & Human Values 40 (1): 96–125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243914542350.<br>Ramana, M.V, and Ali Ahmad. 2016. "Wishful Thinking and Real Problems: Small Modular Reactors, Planning Constraints, and Nuclear Power in Jordan." Energy Policy 93 (June): 236–45.<br>Ramana, M. V. 2016. "The Checkered Operational History of High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 72 (3): 171–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2016.1170395.<br>Froese, Sarah, Nadja C. Kunz, and M. V. Ramana. 2020. "Too Small to Be Viable? The Potential Market for Small Modular Reactors in Mining and Remote Communities in Canada." Energy Policy 144: 111587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111587.<br>Makhijani, Arjun, and M. V. Ramana. 2021. "Can Small Modular Reactors Help Mitigate Climate Change?" Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 77 (4): 207–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2021.1941600.<br>Ramana, M. V. 2021. "Small Modular and Advanced Nuclear Reactors: A Reality Check." IEEE Access 9: 42090–99. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3064948.<br>Thomas, Stephen, and M. V. Ramana. 2022. "A Hopeless Pursuit? National Efforts to Promote Small Modular Nuclear Reactors and Revive Nuclear Power." WIREs Energy and Environment 11 (4): e429. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.429.<br>Ramana, M. V. 2022. "Molten Salt Reactors Were Trouble in the 1960s—and They Remain Trouble Today." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 20, 2022. https://thebulletin.org/2022/06/molten-salt-reactors-were-trouble-in-the-1960s-and-they-remain-trouble-today/.<br>

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    • M. V. Ramana

      School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia

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    • M. V. Ramana

      School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia

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