Declining nuclear power in the United States

In a Perspective, researchers suggest that over the next several decades, declining numbers of existing nuclear reactors, a lack of commercially available advanced reactor designs, and the absence of a sufficiently large, economically viable domestic market for factory-built small modular nuclear reactors will together prevent nuclear power from significantly contributing to decarbonization of the US energy system, barring major changes in policy and market conditions.

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Article #18-04655: "US nuclear power: The vanishing low-carbon wedge," by M. Granger Morgan, Ahmed Abdulla, Michael J. Ford, and Michael Rath.

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