Nuclear power's role in generating electricity.

CBO issued a study today examining possible future private investment in new nuclear power plants. The extent of such investment depends not only on possible charges for carbon dioxide (if the Congress adopts climate change legislation) but also on existing incentives provided for such plants in the...

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Main Author:	Falk, Justin Robert
Corporate Author:	United States. Congressional Budget Office
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, [2008]
Series:	CBO study.
Subjects:	Nuclear energy > United States. Electric power production > Economic aspects > United States. Electric power production > Environmental aspects > United States.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS93787 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9133/05-02-Nuclear.pdf http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9133/Web%5FSupplement.pdf http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=92

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Summary:	CBO issued a study today examining possible future private investment in new nuclear power plants. The extent of such investment depends not only on possible charges for carbon dioxide (if the Congress adopts climate change legislation) but also on existing incentives provided for such plants in the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed on May 5, 2008). "May 2008." "Justin Falk of CBO's Microeconomic Studies Division wrote the study"--Praface. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	vi, 38 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the CBO web site. Address as of 5/05/2008: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9133/05-02-Nuclear.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.