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Nuclear power's role in generating electricity / Perry G. Furham, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Energy policies, politics and prices series.
- Energy policies, politics and prices series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear energy--United States.
- Nuclear energy.
- Electric power production--Economic aspects--United States.
- Electric power production.
- Electric power production--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (87 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This new book is dedicated to outstanding research in nanotechnology which is a "catch-all" description of activities at the level of atoms and molecules that have applications in the real world. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom. Nanotechnology is now used in precision engineering, new materials development as well as in electronics; electromechanical systems as well as mainstream biomedical applications in areas such as gene therapy, drug delivery and novel drug discovery techniques.
- Contents:
- Intro
- NUCLEAR POWER'S ROLE IN GENERATING ELECTRICITY
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND ON ELECTRICITY- GENERATING TECHNOLOGIES
- CONSIDERATIONS UNDERLYING FUTURE INVESTMENT IN POWER PLANTS
- HOW MIGHT CARBON DIOXIDE CHARGES AFFECT THE PROSPECTS OF INVESTMENT IN NEW NUCLEAR PLANTS?
- HOW DOES THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 AFFECT THE PROSPECTS OF INVESTMENT IN NEW NUCLEAR PLANTS?
- UNCERTAINTIES POSED BY FUTURE MARKET CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CARBON DIOXIDE CONSTRAINTS
- Costs under Alternative Market Conditions
- Cost of Fuel
- Cost of Construction
- Cost of Financing
- Costs under Carbon Dioxide Constraints
- ENDNOTES
- FRAMING THE ANALYSIS: BASE-CASE ASSUMPTIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF POLICY
- Levelized Cost Analysis
- BASE-CASE ASSUMPTIONS
- Construction Costs
- Financing Costs
- Fuel Costs
- Additional Assumptions
- ACCOUNTING FOR THE EFFECTS OF POLICY
- ACCOUNTING FOR THE EFFECTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE CHARGES
- ACCOUNTING FOR THE EFFECTS OF ENERGY POLICY ACT INCENTIVES
- Research and Development Incentives
- Investment Incentives
- Production Incentives
- RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANALYSIS
- THE OUTLOOK FOR INVESTMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF CARBON DIOXIDE CHARGES AND EPACT INCENTIVES
- THE OUTLOOK FOR INVESTMENT UNDER CARBON DIOXIDE CHARGES
- Would Nuclear Technology Be the Choice for Expanding Capacity?
- Would New Nuclear Plants Replace any Existing Coal Capacity?
- THE OUTLOOK FOR INVESTMENT UNDER THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005
- Projects Receiving the Maximum Benefits under EPAct
- Production Tax Credits
- Loan Guarantees
- INCENTIVES AND IMPEDIMENTS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS
- FUTURE MARKET AND POLICY UNCERTAINTIES
- Fuel Costs.
- Financing Costs
- Costs under Prospective Carbon Dioxide Constraints
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61122-341-5
- OCLC:
- 676916036
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