Yonggwang nuclear power plant units 3 and 4; Bridging the gap to the next generation

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:6173323

Heider, R C; Daley, T J; Green, K J ^[1]

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1. Sargent and Lundy, Chicago, IL (United States)

This paper reports on the use of nuclear energy since the oil embargo of 1973 has displaced the use of 4.3 billion barrels of imported oil, which helped conserve 1 billion tons of coal and 6.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas for future generations, and helped protect the environment by reducing utility emissions of carbon dioxide by 20% a year. The current 112 operating nuclear energy plants generate more electricity than those of France, Japan, and the Soviet Union-nations that have made a national commitment to nuclear energy-combined. Yet it has been over 10 years since the last construction permit was issued for a nuclear power plant in the United States. Considering a projected shortfall in baseload electric generation capacity in the mid-1990s, new requirements for costly air pollution controls on coal plants, the concern over increased dependence on oil imports from the unstable Middle East region, and the increased concern over the possible long-term effects of greenhouse gas emissions, the Nuclear Power Oversight Committee (NPOC), the governing organization for the commercial nuclear energy industry, has developed a strategic plan with the goal of being able to order new nuclear power plants by the mid-1990s. The strategic plan, which contains 14 enabling conditions or building blocks, outlines an integrated effort to address the range of institutional and technical issues on which significant progress must be achieved to make nuclear power attractive in the United States for the 1990s.

• OSTI ID: 6173323
• Report Number(s): CONF-9104106--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States) Journal Volume: 53
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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