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Research Article

Group decision-making framework for site selection of coastal nuclear power plants in a linguistic environment: a sustainability perspective

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Pages 1161-1172 | Received 18 Sep 2020, Accepted 20 Feb 2021, Published online: 11 Mar 2021

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