Nuclear Power in an Age of UncertaintyCongress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1984 - 293 من الصفحات |
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... electricity . The future of nuclear power poses a complex dilemma of policymakers . It has advantages that may prove crucial to this Nation's energy system in the coming decades , but at pres- ent it is an option that no electric ...
... electricity . The future of nuclear power poses a complex dilemma of policymakers . It has advantages that may prove crucial to this Nation's energy system in the coming decades , but at pres- ent it is an option that no electric ...
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... electric demand growth , very high capital costs , operating problems , increasing reg- ulatory requirements , and ... electricity could grow to a level that would mandate the construction of many new powerplants . Uncertainties over the ...
... electric demand growth , very high capital costs , operating problems , increasing reg- ulatory requirements , and ... electricity could grow to a level that would mandate the construction of many new powerplants . Uncertainties over the ...
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... demand for electricity , and that the present problems are largely a result of the industry's own mistakes . If ... demand with nuclear reactors even if high electric growth resumes . In addition , reactors use an abundant resource . Oil ...
... demand for electricity , and that the present problems are largely a result of the industry's own mistakes . If ... demand with nuclear reactors even if high electric growth resumes . In addition , reactors use an abundant resource . Oil ...
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... electricity demand , capital costs for powerplant construction , and the financing and rate regulation of electricity generation . The second workshop focused on the technological , managerial , and regulatory context for nuclear power ...
... electricity demand , capital costs for powerplant construction , and the financing and rate regulation of electricity generation . The second workshop focused on the technological , managerial , and regulatory context for nuclear power ...
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... electricity demand . Demand growth has averaged about 2.5 percent annual- ly since 1973 , compared to about 7.0 percent from 1960 to 1972. Utility executives contem- plating the construction of long leadtime coal or nuclear powerplants ...
... electricity demand . Demand growth has averaged about 2.5 percent annual- ly since 1973 , compared to about 7.0 percent from 1960 to 1972. Utility executives contem- plating the construction of long leadtime coal or nuclear powerplants ...
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الصفحة 154 - ... provide adequate protection to the health and safety of the public.
الصفحة 172 - Individual members of the public should be provided a level of protection from the consequences of nuclear power plant operation such that individuals bear no significant additional risk to life and health.
الصفحة 8 - Administrator to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources upon the request of either such committee.
الصفحة 91 - PWR steam generators have shown evidence of corrosion-induced wastage, cracking, reduction in tube diameter, and vibration-induced fatigue cracks. The primary concern is the capability of degraded tubes to maintain their integrity during normal operation and under accident conditions with adequate safety margins.
الصفحة 77 - The Future of Electric Power in America: Economic Supply for Economic Growth," DOE/PE-0045, US Department of Energy, June 1983 (B).
الصفحة 173 - The risk to an average individual in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant of prompt fatalities that might result from reactor accidents should not exceed one-tenth of one percent (0.1 percent) of the sum of prompt fatality risks resulting from other accidents to which members of the US population are generally exposed.
الصفحة 78 - 8th Annual Review of Overall Reliability and Adequacy of the North American Bulk Power Systems
الصفحة 172 - Societal risks to life and health from nuclear power plant operation should be comparable to or less than the risks of generating electricity by viable competing technologies and should not be a significant addition to other societal risks.
الصفحة 285 - Load factor. Load factor is the ratio of the average load over a designated period of time to the connected load.