Nuclear energy: a bibliometric analysis of the last ten years (2012-2022)
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https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2022.010.0016Keywords:
CO2 emissions, Bibliometrics, SustainabilityAbstract
The present work presents a study of bibliometric analysis of the use of nuclear energy and its importance on the socio-environmental, economic and safety aspects of this source of electricity, aiming to verify the impacts of its use in the scientific publications on the subject in the period of 10 years (2012 - 2022). Thus, this study has the general objective of carrying out a bibliometric analysis about the use of nuclear energy and the potential environmental and economic benefits of its implementation in the last 10 years, specifically, measuring the economic and environmental benefits and harms of the use of nuclear energy; historically contextualize nuclear energy and its implementation in Brazil; present the bibliometric analysis of the main authors who have addressed the theme of nuclear energy in the last 10 years, and of the main countries and organizations with scientific publications. Adopting, as a research method, a literature review of a focal approach, with reading of published material, books, articles and others, in this sense, based on the survey and analysis of scientific articles. As a result, a growth trend in the numbers of published articles was obtained, which reveals a concern to deepen the reflection on this theme, especially in the 2020 to 2022 years.
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