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The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009

Report commissioned and published by the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Reactor Safety.

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009
With Particular Emphasis on Economic Issues

By

Mycle Schneider
Independent Consultant, Mycle Schneider Consulting, Paris (France)
Project Coordinator

Steve Thomas
Professor for Energy Policy, Greenwich University (UK)

Antony Froggatt
Independent Consultant, London (UK)

Doug Koplow
Director of Earth Track, Cambridge (USA)

Modeling and Additional Graphic Design
Julie Hazemann
Director of EnerWebWatch, Paris (France)
Paris, August 2009

Commissioned by
German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety
(Contract n° UM0901290)

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