NATS 1760 Chapter Notes -Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Uranium Hexafluoride, Enriched Uranium
20 Jun 2013
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16% of the world"s electricity is supplied by nuclear power. As of march 2003, there were 437 commercial nuclear power reactors in 31 countries, with a total of about 360 gigawatts capacity, enough to power 400 million california. In comparison, fossil fuel plants had a worldwide capacity of about 2,400 gigawatts enough for almost 3 billion california homes: as of 2003, the united states gets 19% electricity from nuclear power= 33 new nuclear plants are being constructed in eleven countries, predominantly. Little expansion is occurring in europe, and none in the united states or. Germany, sweden, & belgium voted to phase out nuclear power before all plants have completed their licensed lifetimes: austria, denmark, greece, ireland, italy and norway prohibited the use of nuclear power. Reconstructing of nuclear utilities allowed larger companies to take advantage of economies of scale in maintaining and operating their plants.
