U. S. nuclear plant statistics 1991

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5077151

For the U.S. nuclear power industry, 1990 was a good year: Nuclear generation rose almost 9% over 1989, from 529.4 million megawatthours to 576.9 million megawatthours. Variable O and M costs showed the first year-on-year drop in nominal terms since UDI began tracking operating expenses a decade ago. Nuclear power got a strong political boost from the National Energy Strategy (NES) unveiled by President Bush early in 1991. Worldwide concerns about global warming intensified, keeping nuclear power in the news as an environmentally friendly energy source. Despite these positive developments, slow progress on the waste disposal and licensing reform fronts, and lack of firm progress towards a U.S. reactor order restrained industry's enthusiasm. In 1990, three new reactors entered service: LIMERICK 2 in January (owned and operated by Philadelphia Electric Company; COMANCHE PEAT 1 in August (owned and operated by Texas Utilities); and SEABROOK 1 in August (operated by New Hampshire Yankee for a consortium of 12 New England utilities). 1991 will be the first year since 1967 that no new nuclear generation unit will enter commercial service in the United States. This book discusses: Plant Construction PALO VERDE 1-3, PE, Operations, Restarts, Deactivation, Nuclear Fuel.

• OSTI ID: 5077151
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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