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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
10. The United States as Nuclear Power
Authors : Dipak Basu, Victoria W. Miroshnik
Published in: The Political Economy of Nuclear Energy
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
The USA is the world’s most important largest producer of nuclear power. It accounts no less than 30% of worldwide nuclear generation of electricity. The country’s nuclear reactors produced about 20% of total electrical output. Capital expenditure on existing nuclear plants went up in 2012 due to post-Fukushima upgrades, and it went down 26% in 2015 when capital investment in operating plants was $6.25 billion” (Nuclear Energy Institute Report, 2019). The United States has now 98 operating nuclear power reactors in 30 states, operated by 30 different power companies. Average nuclear generation costs were reduced from $40/MWh in 2012 to $34/MWh in 2017.