#21 – Market Failure

Artificial island - NECG

When merchant nuclear plants are threatened with closure, you should think about market failure and ways to stop market failure to preserve the public benefits of nuclear power. The New Jersey plan to provide additional revenue to the nuclear power plants at Artificial Island should prevent market

Read more

#16 – Peak Nuclear Power

NECG #16 - Decline Chart

Peak nuclear power U.S. nuclear power capacity reached a peak of about 102 GWe in 2012, but will decline as operating reactors retire but no new nuclear plants are built to replace them. U.S. operating nuclear power capacity is expected to decline under three scenarios: Red –

Read more