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Questions on future of nuclear power: implications and trade-offs (1979)

Auteur	US GAO
Datum	mei 1979
Classificatie	3.01.0.00/15 (VS - ALGEMEEN)
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COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S REPORT TO THE CONGRESS

QUESTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER: IMPLICATIONS AND TRADE-OFFS

D I G E S T

In this report GAO attempts to provide a perspective on the future role of American 
nuclear power by assessing the impacts of widely differing nuclear growth on the 
U.S. energy system. (See pp. 2 and 6.)

While nuclear reactors account for only 9 percent of U.S. installed capacity, nuclear 
power has been the major growth factor for U.S. electricity. Since 1972 nuclear 
facilities have accounted for over 20 percent of new capacity additions and over 50 
percent of the increased electricity output. Nuclear power has also been the largest 
single growth factor in domestic energy supplies, exceeding coal by 25 percent.

If nuclear growth were to continue its current trends, it could increase U.S. domestic 
energy supply by the year 2000 by the equivalent of almost 10 million barrels of oil 
a day over 1978. However, increasingly the desirability of this trend has been 
questioned.

The discussions surrounding nuclear power have been heated and protracted. The 
recent accident at Three Mile Island has heightened the volume of debate and the 
emotion associated with nuclear power issues. This accident has called into question 
in stark terms the future role of nuclear power.

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