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Nuclear Energy Trends
Tracking trends in nuclear energy supply and demand around the globe
Although the nuclear industry is fond of saying “An accident anywhere is an accident everywhere,” decisions about nuclear energy are often local and idiosyncratic. Many of the same reasons are given for pursuing nuclear energy – energy security, climate change, and electricity demand growth – but economic, political and social factors that affect decisions play out quite differently among countries. As ever, the issues of cost, safety, waste, proliferation and security continue to loom large. The Proliferation Prevention Program tracks nuclear energy developments around the world, assessing their proliferation and security implications.
Multimedia
India's Nuclear Policies: One Year Later; May 11, 2015
A New Approach to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle; March 12, 2015
The Nonproliferation Implications of Japan's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Decisions; November 21, 2014
India's Nuclear Challenges; Event; January 24, 2014
Uranium is not just a Rock: The Case of Arctic Yellowcake; Event; March 14, 2013
Nuclear Energy Trends - Nuclear in Focus Interview with Stephanie Cooke; July 12, 2012
Enriching Uranium with Lasers; Summer Enrichment Series #3 Event; July 10, 2012
Energy Loan Guarantees: Risks or Rewards?; NPEC & CSIS Event; March 30, 2012
University of Chicago Report Rollout on Small Modular Reactors; December 1, 2011
The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle; Report Rollout; September 16, 2010
CSIS Publications & Reports
Other Publications
Why Climate Change Isn't a Sputnik Moment
By Sharon Squassoni and Sharon Burke, Slate, 22 December 2014.
Paths to a Sustainable-Energy Future: Realistic Risks and Options
By Sharon Squassoni, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 3 November 2011.
Presentations
Structural Changes in Nuclear Energy, Nov 5, 2015
Reducing Nuclear Risks, Nov 17, 2014
Best Practices Approach to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nov 6, 2013
Small Modular Reactors: Contours of Proliferation/Security Risks, May 29-30, 2013
Trends in World Nuclear Power Industry, Feb, 2013
South Korea’s Prospects for Nuclear Energy at Home and Abroad, Feb 11-12, 2013
Global Nuclear Energy Landscape after Fukushima, Feb 27-29, 2012
Nuclear Power: Challenges of Governance and Security, Sep 3, 2011
Nuclear Dilemmas: Sustainable Nuclear Power after Fukushima, Aug 30, 2011
Managing the Growth of Nuclear Power, Apr 27, 2011
A Nuclear Renaissance, Apr 21, 2010
New Nuclear Build and Security, Mar 12, 2010
New Nuclear Build: Environment, Security and Nonproliferation, Mar 11, 2010
New Nuclear Build and Global Security, Mar 11, 2010
Long-term Nuclear Waste Storage and Reprocessing, Mar 4, 2010