An attempt of reproduction of Sovacool et al.’s “Differences in carbon emissions reduction between countries pursuing renewable electricity versus nuclear power”

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Issue		EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. Volume 8, 2022


Article Number		24
Number of page(s)		10
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2022017
Published online		14 October 2022

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