Nuclear power's role in generating electricity.

Assesses the competitiveness of nuclear power when compared with other sources of new capacity to generate electricity, focusing on the possible effects of constraints on carbon dioxide emissions and the impact of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 incentives.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Falk, Justin Robert
Corporate Author: United States. Congressional Budget Office
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office : [2008]
Series:CBO study.
Subjects:
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
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Summary:Assesses the competitiveness of nuclear power when compared with other sources of new capacity to generate electricity, focusing on the possible effects of constraints on carbon dioxide emissions and the impact of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 2005 incentives.
Item Description:Shipping list number: 2008-0384-P.
"May 2008."
"Justin Falk of CBO's Microeconomic Studies Division wrote the study"--Pref.
Physical Description:vi, 38 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online from the CBO web site. Address as of 06/03/2008: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9133/05-02-Nuclear.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780160807350 :
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