The Role of Nuclear Energy in a - Nuclear Development Division

Foreword
Table of contents
Executive summary
1. Introduction
2. Greenhouse gas emissions from the nuclear cycle
	2.1. Life-cycle assessment of emissions from nuclear power
	2.2. Emissions from future nuclear fuel cycles
	2.3. Nuclear energy’s contribution to today’s emissions reductions
3. Status of nuclear power and outlook to 2050
	3.1. Current status
	3.2. Scenarios for nuclear energy expansion to 2050
	3.3. Required rates of construction of nuclear power plants
4. Economic, technical, societal, institutional andlegal factors affecting nuclear expansion
	4.1. Financing and investment
	4.2. Industrial infrastructure
	4.3. Skilled labour and knowledge management
	4.4. Uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle
	4.5. Siting considerations
	4.6. Radioactive waste management
	4.7. Standardisation of reactor designs
	4.8. Public acceptance
	4.9. Institutional and legal frameworks
5. Impact of developments in the electricity supply system
	5.1. Nuclear power plants in a future electricity generation system
	5.2. Nuclear power and “smart grids”
6. Longer-term perspectives for nuclear energy
	6.1. Generation IV nuclear systems
	6.2. Accelerator-driven systems
	6.3. Small modular reactors
	6.4. Non-electric applications
	6.5. Adaptation to climate change
7. Summary and conclusions
Annex 1 Abbreviations
Annex 2 List of experts