Nuclear Power's Role in Generating Electricity
Seiten
2009
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60741-226-7 (ISBN)
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60741-226-7 (ISBN)
Focuses on the adequacy of electricity supply and the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions on the environment that have prompted policymakers to reevaluate the role that nuclear power might play in the future in meeting the nation's demand for electricity.
This book is concerned about the adequacy of electricity supply and the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions on the environment have prompted policymakers to reevaluate the role that nuclear power might play in the future in meeting the nation's demand for electricity. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) offers incentives for expanding utilities' capacity to generate electricity using innovative fossil-fuel technologies and a new generation of nuclear reactors that are designed to decrease costs and enhance safety. In addition, policymakers are considering various proposals that would impose charges on entities that emit carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas. Such policies could further encourage the use of nuclear power, which emits no such gases, by increasing the cost of generating electricity with competing fossil-fuel technologies.
This book is concerned about the adequacy of electricity supply and the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions on the environment have prompted policymakers to reevaluate the role that nuclear power might play in the future in meeting the nation's demand for electricity. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) offers incentives for expanding utilities' capacity to generate electricity using innovative fossil-fuel technologies and a new generation of nuclear reactors that are designed to decrease costs and enhance safety. In addition, policymakers are considering various proposals that would impose charges on entities that emit carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas. Such policies could further encourage the use of nuclear power, which emits no such gases, by increasing the cost of generating electricity with competing fossil-fuel technologies.
Preface; Summary and Introduction; Framing the Analysis: Base-Case Assumptions and the Effects of Policy; Results and Implications of the Analysis; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.12.2009 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 225 x 150 mm |
Gewicht | 152 g |
Themenwelt | Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik |
ISBN-10 | 1-60741-226-8 / 1607412268 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-60741-226-7 / 9781607412267 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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