DocumentCode :
1477788
Title :
Downsizing nuclear power plants
Author :
Fairley, Peter
Volume :
47
Issue :
5
fYear :
2010
fDate :
5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
14
Lastpage :
15
Abstract :
A standard nuclear power plant generates a gigawatt or more of low-carbon power, a boon in this age of anxiety over climate change. The problem is getting the thing built in the first place: At US $7 billion to $10 billion apiece, nuclear plants are tough for even the largest utilities to finance.
Keywords :
Costs; Economies of scale; Environmental economics; Fuels; Inductors; Investments; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Nuclear power generation; Power generation; Power generation economics;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9235
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2010.5453124
Filename :
5453124
Link To Document :
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