Nuclear power`s dim future

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Environmental Science and Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es00043a610· OSTI ID:41651

Josephson, J

The future of nuclear power in the United States is behind us. At the end of 1992, about one-fifth of the U.S. supply of baseload electric power was generated by nuclear plants. The percentage of the nation`s electricity produced by nuclear power will decline and the industry`s prospects will remain dim. A main damper on the industry`s clear plants for the United States in the last 15 years, and none are expected. Other factors that have hurt the American nuclear power industry include escalating capital and operating costs, lengthening licensing and construction times (which contributed substantially to capital cost escalation), allegations of questionable management at several facilities, and seemingly intractable technical problems that include the storage and disposal of increasing amounts of high- and low-level radioactive wastes.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 41651
• Journal Information: Environmental Science and Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 27; ISSN 0013-936X; ISSN ESTHAG
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
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COST
NUCLEAR POWER
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
POWER DEMAND
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
REACTOR LICENSING