US nuclear power: Status, prospects, and climate implications
Amory B. Lovins
Abstract
Nuclear power is being intensively promoted and increasingly subsidized in both old and potential new forms. Yet it is simultaneously suffering a global slow-motion commercial collapse due to intrinsically poor economics. This summary in a US context documents both trends, emphasizing the absence of an operational need and of a business or climate case.
Topics & Concepts
Nuclear powerContext (archaeology)SubsidyNatural resource economicsClimate changePower (physics)EconomicsBusinessMarket economyGeographyEcologyPhysicsBiologyQuantum mechanicsArchaeologyNuclear and radioactivity studiesGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research