Analyzing the Nuclear Power Industry in the US

Table of Contents

A. Executive Summary

B. Basics of the Nuclear Industry

• B.1 History of Nuclear Power
• B.2 Types of Nuclear Reactors
• B.3 Fission Reactor
• B.4 Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
• B.5 New & Upcoming Nuclear Technologies
• B.6 Components & Parts of a Nuclear Power Plant
• B.7 Analyzing the Fuel Cycle
• B.8 Managing the Radioactive Waste

C. Profiling the Global Nuclear Power Industry

• C.1 Industry Overview
• C.2 Uranium Market
• C.3 Market Features
• C.4 Price Trends
• C.5 Managing the Risk in Nuclear Power
• C.6 Industry Trends
• C.7 Economic Trends
• C.8 Nuclear Hedging
• C.9 Future Outlook

D. Analyzing the Economics of Nuclear Power

• D.1 Capital Costs
• D.2 Fuel Costs
• D.3 Plant Operating Costs
• D.4 Electricity Generation & Nuclear Power
• D.5 Cost Competitiveness
• D.6 Issues in Cost Efficiency

E. Global Climate Change & Nuclear Power

F. Challenges & Barriers to Nuclear Power

• F.1 Air Pollution
• F.2 Health Effects
• F.3 Financial Challenges
• F.4 Nuclear Safety
• F.5 Nuclear Proliferation
• F.6 Leadership Challenges
• F.7 Regulatory Barriers
• F.8 Water Pollution
• F.9 Other Challenges

G. Analyzing Nuclear Power in the US

• G.1 Introduction
• G.2 History of Nuclear Power in the US
• G.3 The Recent Resurgence of Nuclear Power in the US
• G.4 Capacity of US Nuclear Power Plants
• G.5 Increased Utilization of US Nuclear Power Plants
• G.6 Ownership Consolidation
• G.7 Other Rationalization
• G.8 Outlook for Consolidation in the Industry
• G.9 License Renewal and Regulation
• G.10 US Reactor Technologies G.11 Market Overview
• G.12 Energy Policy Act 2005 & the Nuclear Power Industry
• G.13 DOE Nuclear Power 2010 Program
• G.14 Revelations of the U.S. ORC Survey
• G.15 Major Issues Affecting the Nuclear Power Industry in the U.S. Economy
• G.16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
• G.17 Fuel Cycle
• G.18 Decommissioning Reactors
• G.19 Government R&D
• G.20 Next Generation Nuclear Plant
• G.21 Public Support for Nuclear Power
• G.22 Non Proliferation Issues

H. Regulatory Framework

• H.1 Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative
• H.2 Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative
• H.3 International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative
• H.4 Nuclear Power 2010
• H.5 Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative
• H.6 U.S. Clean Air Act
• H.7 National Energy Policy of the US

I. Nuclear Power Plants in the US

• I.1 Arkansas Nuclear One
• I.2 Bear Creek
• I.3 Beaver Valley
• I.4 Bellefonte
• I.5 Braidwood
• I.6 Browns Ferry
• I.7 Brunswick
• I.8 Byron
• I.9 Callaway
• I.10 Calvert Cliffs
• I.11 Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor
• I.12 Catawba
• I.13 Clinton
• I.14 Columbia
• I.15 Comanche Peak
• I.16 Connecticut Yankee
• I.17 Cooper
• I.18 Crystal River 3
• I.19 Davis-Besse
• I.20 Diablo Canyon
• I.21 Donald C. Cook
• I.22 Dresden
• I.23 Duane Arnold
• I.24 Elk River
• I.25 Enrico Fermi
• I.26 Farley
• I.27 FitzPatrick
• I.28 Fort Calhoun
• I.29 Fort Saint Vrain
• I.30 Grand Gulf
• I.31 H.B. Robinson
• I.32 Hallam
• I.33 Hanford N Reactor
• I.34 Hatch
• I.35 Hope Creek
• I.36 Humboldt Bay
• I.37 Indian Point
• I.38 Kewaunee
• I.39 La Crosse
• I.40 LaSalle County
• I.41 Limerick
• I.42 Maine Yankee
• I.43 McGuire
• I.44 Millstone
• I.45 Monticello
• I.46 Nine Mile Point
• I.47 North Anna
• I.48 Oconee
• I.49 Oyster Creek
• I.50 Palisades
• I.51 Palo Verde
• I.52 Pathfinder
• I.53 Peach Bottom
• I.54 Perry
• I.55 Pilgrim
• I.56 Piqua
• I.57 Plant Vogtle
• I.58 Point Beach
• I.59 Prairie Island
• I.60 Quad Cities
• I.61 Rancho Seco
• I.62 River Bend
• I.63 Salem
• I.64 San Onofre
• I.65 Santa Susana
• I.66 Saxton
• I.67 Seabrook
• I.68 Sequoyah
• I.69 Shearon Harris
• I.70 Shippingport
• I.71 Shoreham
• I.72 South Texas
• I.73 St. Lucie
• I.74 Surry
• I.75 Susquehanna
• I.76 Three Mile Island
• I.77 Trojan, Rainier
• I.78 Turkey Point
• I.79 UMR
• I.80 Vallecitos
• I.81 Vermont Yankee
• I.82 Virgil C. Summer
• I.83 Waterford
• I.84 Wolf Creek
• I.85 Yankee Rowe
• I.86 Zion

J. Leading Industry Players

• J.1 Ameren UE
• J.2 American Electric Power
• J.3 Constellation Energy
• J.4 Dominion Nuclear
• J.5 Duke Power
• J.6 Entergy Nuclear
• J.7 Exelon
• J.8 First Energy
• J.9 FPL Nuclear
• J.10 Progress Energy
• J.11 Scana Corporation

K. Appendix

L. Glossary of Terms