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United States Energy Alternatives to 2010 and Beyond: The Conaes Study

United States Energy Alternatives to 2010 and Beyond: The Conaes Study This paper reviews the results of a study performed by the US National Academies of Sciences and Engineering in response to a request from the US Energy Research and Development Administration in 1975 for a com­ prehensive analysis of the nation's energy future, with special consideration of the role of nuclear power. The chart below shows the organizational elements of the study which consisted of the parent Committee on Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems (CONAES), (1), four assessment panels, and some two dozen subcommittees, involving, in total, over 250 persons. The Committee and study groups were selected from a broadly based representation in order to bring to bear a wide range of expertise and viewpoints on the major US energy issues. Central to the study'S charter was assessment of current and future options for the nation's energy supply system. To do this required establish­ ment of the contextual relationships between major energy supply issues and plausible future levels of energy demand. To illustrate the study's conclusions regarding interactions among individual elements of the prob­ lem and cumulative impacts of different energy strategies, a number of hypothetical energy futures (scenarios) were constructed and examined. 0362-1626/79/1010-0001$01.00 BROOKS & HOLLANDER Organizational http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Environment and Resources Annual Reviews

United States Energy Alternatives to 2010 and Beyond: The Conaes Study

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Annual Reviews
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Copyright 1979 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
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1543-5938
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10.1146/annurev.eg.04.110179.000245
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This paper reviews the results of a study performed by the US National Academies of Sciences and Engineering in response to a request from the US Energy Research and Development Administration in 1975 for a com­ prehensive analysis of the nation's energy future, with special consideration of the role of nuclear power. The chart below shows the organizational elements of the study which consisted of the parent Committee on Nuclear and Alternative Energy Systems (CONAES), (1), four assessment panels, and some two dozen subcommittees, involving, in total, over 250 persons. The Committee and study groups were selected from a broadly based representation in order to bring to bear a wide range of expertise and viewpoints on the major US energy issues. Central to the study'S charter was assessment of current and future options for the nation's energy supply system. To do this required establish­ ment of the contextual relationships between major energy supply issues and plausible future levels of energy demand. To illustrate the study's conclusions regarding interactions among individual elements of the prob­ lem and cumulative impacts of different energy strategies, a number of hypothetical energy futures (scenarios) were constructed and examined. 0362-1626/79/1010-0001$01.00 BROOKS & HOLLANDER Organizational

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources – Annual Reviews

Published: Nov 1, 1979

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