Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1992-02-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0309043956
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The construction of nuclear power plants in the United States is stopping, as regulators, reactor manufacturers, and operators sort out a host of technical and institutional problems. This volume summarizes the status of nuclear power, analyzes the obstacles to resumption of construction of nuclear plants, and describes and evaluates the technological alternatives for safer, more economical reactors. Topics covered include: Institutional issues-including regulatory practices at the federal and state levels, the growing trends toward greater competition in the generation of electricity, and nuclear and nonnuclear generation options. Critical evaluation of advanced reactors-covering attributes such as cost, construction time, safety, development status, and fuel cycles. Finally, three alternative federal research and development programs are presented.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 120
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 790
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul L. Joskow
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 30
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This paper examines the economic and regulatory challenges that must be faced by potential investors in new nuclear power plants in the United States. The historical development of the existing fleet of over 100 nuclear plants and their recent performance history are discussed. The pattern of re-licensing of existing plants and the implications for the role of the extended operation of the existing fleet in the overall electricity supply portfolio over the next 50 years is examined. The economic competitiveness of investments in new nuclear power plants compared to investments in alternative base load technologies is discussed under a variety of assumptions about construction costs, fuel costs, competitive and economic regulatory environments and various levels of carbon emissions prices affected competing fossil-fueled technologies. Federal government efforts to facilitate investment in new nuclear power plants, including streamlined licensing procedures and financial incentive provided by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are discussed. These regulatory changes and financial incentives improve the economic competitiveness of nuclear power. First mover plants that can benefit from federal financial incentives are most likely to be built in states that continue to regulate generating plants based on cost-of-service principles, transferring construction cost and operating performance risks to consumers, and where there is room on existing sites to build additional nuclear capacity. Once federal financial incentives come to an end lower and more stable construction costs combined with carbon emissions charges are likely to be necessary to make investments in new nuclear plants significantly more attractive than investments in pulverized coal plants. Unresolved waste disposal policies and local opposition to new nuclear plants are likely to represent barriers to investment in new nuclear power plants in some areas of the country.
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Energy
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 100
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