Did the nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima in March 2011 cause individuals to reappraise the risks they attach to nuclear power plants? We investigate the change in housing prices in the U.S. after the Fukushima event to test the hypothesis that house prices in the proximity of power plants fell...

In this paper we pursue a novel application of Bayesian empirical likelihood methods to estimate the canonical stochastic frontier model. We utilize this new framework to study technical efficiency, scale economies and technological change in the United States nuclear energy generation sector....

Between 1954 and 1996, more than 200 nuclear power projects were publicly announced in the USA. Barely half of these projects were completed and generated power commercially. Existing research has highlighted a number of potential explanations for the varying siting outcomes of these projects,...

There are billions of dollars at stake in the US nuclear power plant decommissioning market. Approximately 100 nuclear power plants are still operating but will come offline and need to be decommissioned over the next few decades. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) mandates that the...

This report provides an overview of the legal framework and regulation for the decommissioning of NPPs in the U.S., as well as give an indication on current cost estimates and their accuracy. Additionally, it shows the current progress of the decommissioning process.