Sentences with phrase «existing nuclear generators»

What we have instead is a stealth tax which will do little to change investment decisions, will load high costs onto consumers and produce windfall profits for existing nuclear generators.

Not exact matches

For existing commercial nuclear generators (and for any new facilities built in other countries), we should stick to the so - called «once through» fuel cycle, with direct disposal of spent fuel, and strongly encourage other countries to do likewise.

Faced with concerns over how quickly new nuclear will progress through the planning and licensing system, and the possibility that even coal plants that are compliant with existing EU environmental regulation may be forced to close early by the proposed Industrial Emissions Directive, generators have little choice but to prepare to build a second wave of gas - fired plants (ie in addition to the 8GW currently under construction) to keep the lights on before new nuclear and some CCS coal plants start to come onto the system in the 2020s.

Table 5 — 2 by Earth Policy Institute with existing fossil fuel and nuclear capacity from «Existing Capacity by Energy Source, 2007,» and «Planned Nameplate Capacity Additions from New Generators, by Energy Source, 2008 through 2012,» in existing fossil fuel and nuclear capacity from «Existing Capacity by Energy Source, 2007,» and «Planned Nameplate Capacity Additions from New Generators, by Energy Source, 2008 through 2012,» in Existing Capacity by Energy Source, 2007,» and «Planned Nameplate Capacity Additions from New Generators, by Energy Source, 2008 through 2012,» in DOE, op.