Nuclear Waste in the Anthropocene: Uncertainties and Unforeseeable Timescales in the Disposal of Nuclear Waste

@article{Brunnengrber2017NuclearWI,
  title={Nuclear Waste in the Anthropocene: Uncertainties and Unforeseeable Timescales in the Disposal of Nuclear Waste},
  author={Achim Brunnengr{\"a}ber and Christoph G{\"o}rg},
  journal={Gaia-ecological Perspectives for Science and Society},
  year={2017},
  volume={26},
  pages={96-99}
}
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