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Nuclear Power Plant Siting in the Columbia River Basin: Current Trends, Effects of Climate Change, and Associated Uncertainties

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Savotkina, Alexandra A.

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This PhD dissertation describes and evaluates a geographical analysis of candidate areas for siting nuclear plants utilizing a wet cooling tower in the Columbia River Basin (CRB). It focuses on the analysis of water availability for cooling and how it may be limited by climate change effects on river streamflow....

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Dissertation

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Geography presented on June 1, 2016. Title: Nuclear Power Plant Siting in the Columbia River Basin
Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

Creator:

Galipeau, Brendan A.

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This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...

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Masters Thesis

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adventured through western China as botanical explorers, the famous plant hunter George Forrest came to