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South African attitudes about nuclear power : the case of the nuclear energy expansion

Nkosi, Nomsa Phindile; Dikgang, Johane - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 11 (2021) 5, pp. 138-146

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Building low-carbon resilient electricity infrastructures with nuclear energy in the post-COVID-19 era

OECD - 2020

During the COVID‑19 crisis, nuclear power has continued to generate electricity reliably and around the clock, ensuring the continuous resilient operation of critical services indispensable to cope with the global health crisis and maintain social stability. Nuclear power has been an important...

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On the Performance of the United States Nuclear Power Sector : A Bayesian Approach

Bernstein, David; Parmeter, Christopher; Tsionas, Mike - 2022

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....

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Business as Usual and Nuclear Power : A Joint IEA/NEA Meeting, 14-15 October 1999

2000

Energy and nuclear policy makers face many challenges as they evaluate options to ensure an adequate supply of electricity while pursuing environmental, economic and energy security goals. Many analysts suggest that nuclear’s share of global energy supply could decrease in coming decades. If...

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The suppressive effect of renewables on nuclear energy : implications for OECD countries

Ikegami, Masako; Wang, Zijian - In: Environmental economics and policy studies 22 (2020) 2, pp. 247-265

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Nuclear power : effects of plant closures on electricity markets and remaining challenges

Kunz, Friedrich; Reitz, Felix; Hirschhausen, Christian … - In: Energiewende "Made in Germany" : low carbon electricity …, (pp. 117-140). 2018

Nuclear power has been a major topic of energy policy debate in Germany since the 1950s, and it was a key issue in all … energiewende discussions. The March 2011 closure of seven nuclear power plants (the oldest in Germany) sparked an intense debate … largely neglected since the 1960s in Germany (and worldwide) due to the low political priority of these issues and a lack of …

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The electricity mix in the European low-carbon transformation : coal, nuclear, and renewables

Mendelevitch, Roman; Kemfert, Claudia; Oei, Pao-Yu; … - In: Energiewende "Made in Germany" : low carbon electricity …, (pp. 241-282). 2018

, just like Germany and many other countries. This chapter analyzes the European strategy for low-carbon transformation in … institutional settings of decision-making processes in Germany and Europe, lessons from the German context are not directly … German energiewende: The two energy sources that Germany has banned from its energy mix, coal and nuclear, are still high on …

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Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System

International Energy Agency - 2019

Nuclear power and hydropower form the backbone of low-carbon electricity generation. Together, they provide three-quarters of global low-carbon generation. Over the past 50 years, the use of nuclear power has reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over 60 gigatonnes – nearly two years’...

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Measuring Employment Generated by the Nuclear Power Sector

Nuclear Energy Agency; International Atomic Energy Agency - 2018

The nuclear energy sector employs a considerable workforce around the world, and with nuclear power projected to grow in countries with increasing electricity demand, corresponding jobs in the nuclear power sector will also grow. Using the most available macroeconomic model to determine total...

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The role of nuclear energy in the global energy transition

Davis, Anna J. - 2022

The continuing increase in global greenhouse gas emissions and the likelihood that targets to limit the temperature increase to 1.5o above the level seen at the start of the industrial revolution will be missed has resulted in a growing focus on the development of all forms of carbon-free...

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