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The Nuclear Energy Report analyses the global nuclear power market and its future. In 2007 there are 442 nuclear power reactors in operation in 38 countries, with total generating capacity of 370,721 MW. The first commercial nuclear power plant was commissioned in the UK in 1956 and by 2005 nuclear power provided 6.5% of the world’s primary energy consumption and 9% of electricity generation.

ABS' nuclear energy market research reports look at why nuclear power has not fulfilled early expectations. There was a brown out of nuclear power in the 1970s and 1980s. Stations were shut down and several countries declared moratoria on it, for various reasons, not least being public safety fears.

Nuclear power has been bedeviled by political perceptions, but other sources of power are now being subjected to similar scrutiny. The environmental fight against fossil fuels heats up, and informed people are starting to ask questions about what renewables will be able to achieve. Our nuclear energy market research reports provide invaluable analysis, data and forecasts for a controversial energy.

Nuclear power stations are highly efficient, being operated at higher load factors than thermal or hydro stations. They generate almost zero GHG emissions. But the public has always been more afraid of nuclear power than the industry, and is largely unaware of the difference between the so-called “nuclear legacy” from the 1960s and 1970s, and the sophisticated “back-end” measures being engineered into modern nuclear plants. 

No less than 20 countries are rethinking their positions on nuclear power. While official projections have shown a steady decline in nuclear power, this may not be the case. Coal has already rebounded and nuclear may well do the same. 

This Nuclear Energy Market Research Report looks at the global nuclear energy market, past, present and future. The Nuclear Energy Report provides a global overview and comprehensive data. 

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