Published August 2019 | Version v1
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Comment: Market deregulation and nuclear safety

Creators

  • 1. National Bureau of Economics Research, Cambridge, MA (United States)

Description

Since 2000, around half of US nuclear power plants have changed ownership and entered competitive electricity generation markets. In past work I analyzed the impact of these changes on nuclear power plant safety. A recent replication study by Zhen Lei and Chen-Hao Tsai raises several issues, which I address in this comment.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.eneco.2018.01.005;
PII
S0140988318300136;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Energy Economics
Journal Volume
82
Journal Page Range
p. 68-69
ISSN
0140-9883
CODEN
EECODR

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
55014639
Subject category
S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Descriptors DEI
DEREGULATION; MARKET; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER GENERATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR SAFETY
Descriptors DEC
NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS

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