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Experience of the US Nuclear Industry and Requirements for a Viable Nuclear Industry in the Future

Experience of the US Nuclear Industry and Requirements for a Viable Nuclear Industry in the Future OF NEW REACTORS Even if a US utility projects the need for a large block of generation in 10 years, it cannot consider ordering a nuclear power plant at this time. Licens­ ing reform with the essential benefits of standardization (discussed below) is a necessary condition, though not a sufficient one of itself, to make nuclear power a realistic choice. This is, if not a basic fact, a consensus judgment throughout the utility and nuclear industries and among many academics and senior officials at the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). There is no likelihood that any US utility would consider placing an order for a new plant just like the ones now being completed. Design improvements have been made based on the extensive operating experience with light water reactors (LWRs). These designs are known as evolutionary Advanced Light US NUCLEAR POWER FUTURE Water Reactors. They are as large as the current plants, and the first of them (in the l200-MWe range) are being built as joint design projects involving Westinghouse and Mitsubishi in Japan, General Electric and Hitachi also in Japan, and Combustion Engineering in Korea. These designs are under safety review http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Environment and Resources Annual Reviews

Experience of the US Nuclear Industry and Requirements for a Viable Nuclear Industry in the Future

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Annual Reviews
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Copyright 1990 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
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1543-5938
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10.1146/annurev.eg.15.110190.001101
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Abstract

OF NEW REACTORS Even if a US utility projects the need for a large block of generation in 10 years, it cannot consider ordering a nuclear power plant at this time. Licens­ ing reform with the essential benefits of standardization (discussed below) is a necessary condition, though not a sufficient one of itself, to make nuclear power a realistic choice. This is, if not a basic fact, a consensus judgment throughout the utility and nuclear industries and among many academics and senior officials at the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). There is no likelihood that any US utility would consider placing an order for a new plant just like the ones now being completed. Design improvements have been made based on the extensive operating experience with light water reactors (LWRs). These designs are known as evolutionary Advanced Light US NUCLEAR POWER FUTURE Water Reactors. They are as large as the current plants, and the first of them (in the l200-MWe range) are being built as joint design projects involving Westinghouse and Mitsubishi in Japan, General Electric and Hitachi also in Japan, and Combustion Engineering in Korea. These designs are under safety review

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources – Annual Reviews

Published: Nov 1, 1990

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