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The social shaping of nuclear energy technology in South Africa

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  • Britta Rennkamp
  • Radhika Bhuyan

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This paper analyses the question why the South African government intends to procure nuclear energy technology, despite affordable and accessible fossil and renewable energy alternatives. We analyse the social shaping of nuclear energy technology based on the statements of political actors in the public media. We combine a discourse network analysis with qualitative analysis to establish the coalitions in support and opposition of the programme.

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  • Britta Rennkamp & Radhika Bhuyan, 2016. "The social shaping of nuclear energy technology in South Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-19, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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