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Most Comprehensive Report on U.S. Nuclear Power Plants is Now Available

Posted on: Thursday, 13 March 2008, 12:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85886) has announced the addition of "U.S. Nuclear Power Plants 2008" to their offering.

Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled use of nuclear reactions, usually nuclear fission, to release energy for work including propulsion, heat, and the generation of electricity. Nuclear energy is produced by a controlled nuclear chain reaction and creates heat - which is used to boil water, produce steam, and drive a steam turbine.

A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear bomb, in which the chain reaction occurs in a fraction of a second and is uncontrolled causing an explosion.

The most significant use of nuclear reactors is as an energy source for the generation of electrical power and for the power in some ships. This is usually accomplished by methods that involve using heat from the nuclear reaction to power steam turbines.

The United States produces the most nuclear energy, with nuclear power providing 20% of the electricity it consumes, while France produces the highest percentage of its electrical energy from nuclear reactors - 80% as of 2006. In the European Union as a whole, nuclear energy provides 30% of the electricity. Nuclear energy policy differs between European Union countries, and some, such as Austria and Ireland, have no active nuclear power stations. In comparison, France has a large number of these plants, with 16 multi-unit stations in current use.

Analysis of the Major Nuclear Power Plants in the United States takes a view of the overall nuclear power industry worldwide, with an analysis of the basics of nuclear power, and an overview of the nuclear power industry in the United States. The report focuses on the major nuclear power plants in the U.S. -- over 75 plants are focused upon in this report.

Key Topics

Executive Summary

Basics of the Nuclear Industry

Historical Background

Introduction to the Nuclear Power Market

Economics of Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power and Global Climate Change

Brief Profile of the U.S. Nuclear Power Industry

Major Nuclear Power Plants in the United States

Arkansas Nuclear One

Beaver Valley

Bellefonte

Braidwood

Browns Ferry

Brunswick

Byron

Callaway

Calvert Cliffs

Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor

Catawba

Clinton

Columbia

Comanche Peak

Connecticut Yankee

Cooper

Crystal River 3

Davis-Besse

Diablo Canyon

Donald C. Cook

Dresden

Duane Arnold

Elk River

Enrico Fermi

Farley

FitzPatrick

Fort Calhoun

Fort Saint Vrain

Grand Gulf

Hallam

Hanford N Reactor

Hatch

Hope Creek

Indian Point

Kewaunee

La Crosse

LaSalle County

Limerick

Maine Yankee

McGuire

Millstone

Monticello

Nine Mile Point

North Anna

Oconee

Oyster Creek

Palisades

Palo Verde

Pathfinder

Peach Bottom

Perry

Pilgrim

Piqua

Plant Vogtle

Point Beach

Prairie Island

Quad Cities

Rancho Seco

River Bend

Salem.

San Onofre

Santa Susana

Saxton

Seabrook

Sequoyah

Shearon Harris

Shippingport

Shoreham

South Texas

St. Lucie

Surry

Susquehanna

Three Mile Island

Trojan Nuclear Plant

Turkey Point

Vallecitos

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85886

Source: Business Wire

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