Published January 1981
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Journal article
Are American utilities sorry they went nuclear
Description
The future of nuclear power in the U.S. will be determined in large measure by what the electric utilities decide to do. Very few electric utilities are planning to build more nuclear power plants. Most utilities feel the 12 to 14 years it takes to build a nuclear plant is simply too long, especially when construction money must be borrowed at record interest rates. Also, there are too many uncertainties regarding what an acceptable plant design is. On the other hand, these utilities also strongly believe that the U.S. needs nuclear power and that it would be imprudent for a utility to put all its energy eggs in one basket, coal
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Civ. Eng. (N.Y.)
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Civ. Eng. (N.Y.).
- Journal Page Range
- 37-41
- ISSN
- 0009-7853
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12616737
- Subject category
- S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONSTRUCTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; USA
- Descriptors DEC
- NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS