This paper considers the key economic risks associated with nuclear power. The authors observe that the bulk of the risks of a nuclear power station project fall during the roughly five year period of plant construction. This window of risk follows a lengthy siting process and comes before power station operations lasting up to sixty years. As a consequence of the nature of the economic risks, ...

The cover shows the sun over a nuclear power station. Tritium is generated by nuclear fusion reactions in the sun and would be generated in terrestrial nuclear fusion power production. It is also produced as part of the fuel cycle in current nuclear fi ssion power production and has several uses in industry.

Through more than 400 wells, tritium leakage of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station has been monitored seasonally since 1999. Sampling and maintenance monitoring wells being costly, it is required limiting number samples while ensuring objectives. This study aims at proposing a geostatistical approach for sample reduction meeting the So, four objectives were defined: (i) Geographical coverage....

In this paper, we exploit the abrupt closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to estimate the value of electricity transmission. Following the plant’s closure in February 2012, we find that as much as 75% of lost generation during high demand hours was met locally. Although lower-cost production was available elsewhere, transmission constraints and other physical limitations of the ...

The chapter considers promising directions for the construction of new systems regulating generating capacities nuclear, as well solar and wind power plants, which are able to improve processes managing load regime unified energy system Ukraine.Conducted studies have shown that with implementation systems, there is a real opportunity reduce or even abandon traditional too expensive means maneuv...