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decision on nuclear power phase-out on several measures of subjective perception in Germany. In the light of current political …
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The opposition in a number of countries to the inclusion of nuclear energy in a sustainable energy portfolio, in part due to the dread of what the “nuclear” word inspires, has limited quantitative scientific foundation of the real benefits and risks. This has been amplified by the lack of a...
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This article assesses predictors of payouts and non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases decided by the Spanish Supreme Court from 2006 until 2010. Medical malpractice cases can be judged in administrative or civil courts, and this distinction heavily relies on the type of hospital...
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There have long been claims that compensations for noneconomic damages are random because tort law does not provide clear guidance regarding these compensations. I investigate, in both settled and tried medical malpractice cases, whether noneconomic damage payments are arbitrary and what...
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This paper analyzes the nature of democratic development in a nation on the process of introducing nuclear power over the period 1960 - 2017 for an unbalanced panel of 171 countries. Given the involved political process of introducing nuclear power and its political importance, as well as the...
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power plants. This book analyzes the nuclear power industry procurement in Korea, France, and the UK. Although all three …
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Following the first oil crisis, France launched the world’s largest ever nuclear energy program, commissioning 58 new … reactors. These reactors are now reaching 40 years of age, the end of their technological lifetime. This places France at an … optimization model, calibrated for France. Then we use it to study 27 retrofit strategies for all combinations of uncertain …
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With Germany's nuclear phase-out, 23 reactors need to be dismantled in the near future. Initiated by the dire financial … situation of the affected utilities in 2014, a major discourse on ensuring financial liability led to a redistribution of … liabilities and finances, with the utilities remaining in charge of dismantling, while liability for interim and final storage now …
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