This paper analyzes the nature of democratic development in a nation on the process of introducing nuclear power over the period 1960 - 2017 for an unbalanced panel of 171 countries. Given the involved political process of introducing nuclear power and its political importance, as well as the...

Following the first oil crisis, France launched the world’s largest ever nuclear energy program, commissioning 58 new reactors. These reactors are now reaching 40 years of age, the end of their technological lifetime. This places France at an energy policy crossroads: should the reactors be...

Der beschlossene Atomausstieg der Bundesregierung wird zu einem erheblichen Anstieg an kerntechnischen Rückbauprojekten führen. Der Rückbau kerntechnischer Anlagen muss dabei den Anforderungen des Strahlenschutzes gerecht werden. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den...

Are nuclear power plant outages in France contagious to the German electricity price? In the case of the extensive inspections from October 2016 to February 2017 in 12 French nuclear power plants: Yes. This capacity shock increased the French electricity spot market price by 14.15 Euros per MWh....