Decommissioning calls for meticulous advance planning
Journal Article
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· Power (New York)
OSTI ID:438750
Expiring licenses and premature shutdowns force plant owners to analyze NRC decommissioning alternatives and technology requirements, and to project market conditions expected to prevail in the future. Barring a sudden change in energy economics, the start of the next century will mark the physical decline of the US nuclear industry. The spate of nuclear units commissioned in the 1960s and 1970s will begin reaching the end of their design life. Plant owners facing expiration of their operating licenses must choose between shutting down these plants and renewing their licenses. Because of uncertainties regarding the continued availability of burial space for contaminated components, and what many question as the competitive position of nuclear power compared to other generating options, many plant closures followed by decommissioning in some form can be expected.
- OSTI ID:
- 438750
- Journal Information:
- Power (New York), Journal Name: Power (New York) Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 140; ISSN POWEAD; ISSN 0032-5929
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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