Nuclear Renaissance, How Real Is It: What Are the Implications for Global Governance of the Non Proliferation Regime?

Authors

Charles Ebinger, Energy Security Initiative, DirectorFollow

Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

2-3-2010

Abstract

Where We Are:

- 436 commercial nuclear power stations in 30 countries
- 372,000 MWe of total capacity
- 15% of world electricity
- 8 countries known to have nuclear weapons capability
- 56 countries operating civilian research reactors
- 30 new reactors under construction
- ~90 new reactors planned
- France, Lithuania, Slovakia and Belgium get over 50% of their electricity from nuclear power
- The United States gets about 20%

Keywords

Atomic age; Nuclear energy; Nuclear history; Nuclear technology; Nuclear weapons

File Format

pdf

File Size

140 KB

Streaming Media

Language

English

Comments

Greenspun Hall Auditorium, UNLV, 5:30 p.m.

Audio/Video
File size: 289 megabytes

First attached file: 11 PowerPoint slides

Second attahced file: Author biography

Repository Citation

Ebinger, C. (2010). Nuclear Renaissance, How Real Is It: What Are the Implications for Global Governance of the Non Proliferation Regime?.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/brookings_lectures_events/8