The costs of the French nuclear scale-up: A case of negative learning by doing
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Current trends in centralized energy systems (such as traditional nuclear) demonstrate cost increases.
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- Authors
- Grubler, A.
- Venue
- Energy Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-09
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 5174-5188
- ISSN
- 0301-4215 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2026422785
- Cited by
- 379
- References
- 24
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- FWCI
- 33.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Energy Policy (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Finance › Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Renewable energy and sustainable power systems
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced Power Generation Technologies
- Keywords
- learning effects, specific cost, operating costs, load factor, load modulation, centralized decision-making, standardization, regulatory stability, nuclear power economics
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