Nuclear power in global energy perspectives of the twenty-first century

This report draws upon various World Energy Council (WEC) publications, including in particular the joint WEC/IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) study Global energy perspectives to 2050 and beyond (1995). In keeping with the earlier WEC Commission Report Energy for tomorrow's world (1993) the WEC is in the process of bottom-up evaluation of the Global energy perspectives study. This is being conducted through Regional Groups covering the eleven regions into which we divide the world. However, we do not anticipate changing some preliminary assumptions. (author)