'Nuclear reactor development in Britain' in K Pavitt (ed), Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance
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- Author(s) Buckley, C M, & R Day
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1980
- Pages pp252-66
- Publisher Macmillan
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals largely with the 1970s. Has sections: 'First civil nuclear programme - the development of the Magnox Reactor'; 'The second nuclear programme - the advanced gas-cooled reactor [AGR]'; 'The proposed third civil nuclear programme' - 'The 1974 choice of the steam generating heavy water reactor'; 'The 1976 choice of reactor type'; 'Conclusions and policy implications'