'CEIP - Workshop'

Nuclear Energy
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)

Costing Nuclear Power's Future


Date: 11 Feb 2009

Place: Washington, United States

Description: If nuclear energy is to be a part of a "green" energy solution to reducing carbon emissions, what will it cost? This all-day workshop features some key experts on the economics of nuclear power, both in the United States and in Europe and the Middle East. Please join us to discuss:
Forecasts of nuclear expansion and its costs; Impact of the financial crisis on nuclear power financing; Recent experience in Europe and the Middle East; Role of federal subsidies, including loan guarantees; Carbon pricing; The cost of harmonizing European nuclear insurance; Nuclear energy's economic benefits and the right to nuclear energy under the NPT.

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