Trevor CookOffice of Nuclear Industry Analysis
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
March 4, 2002
Estimating the Benefits ofGovernment-Sponsored Energy R&D
Baselining Benefits
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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2000 NE Strategic Plan2000 NE Strategic Plan
That the benefits of nuclear technology to our society can and should be expanded
Our Vision
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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Survey of How America Benefits from Nuclear TechnologySurvey of How America Benefits from Nuclear Technology
Nuclear Power
Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Space Exploration and National Security
Industrial Uses
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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Columbia
DiabloCanyon
San Onofre
Palo Verde
Monticello
Prairie Island
Ft. Calhoun
Cooper
Wolf Creek
Duane Arnold
Callaway
Arkansas
Comanche Peak
South Texas
River Bend
Waterford
Grand Gulf
TurkeyPoint
St. Lucie
CrystalRiver
Joseph M. Farley
Browns Ferry
Bellefonte
Edwin I. Hatch
Alvin W. Vogtle
Watts Bar
Sequoyah Oconee
Catawba
H. B. Robinson
Virgil C. Summer
Wm. B. McGuire
Shearon Harris
Brunswick
Surry
NorthAnna
Calvert Cliffs
Hope CreekSalem
Oyster Creek
Millstone
Pilgrim
Seabrook
MaineYankee
VermontYankee
James A.FitzPatrick
Nine Mile Point
Robert Emmett Ginna
Clinton
La Salle
Braidwood
Quad-CitiesDresden
ByronZion
Kewaunee
Point Beach
Big Rock Point
Palisades
Donald C.Cook
Enrico Fermi
Davis-BessePerry
SusquehannaPeach Bottom
Three Mile Island
BeaverValley
LimerickIndian Point
Note: There are no commercial reactors in Alaska or Hawaii
Avoids about 175 MMTC per annum
Production cost is 1.74, total cost 2.25 (3yr average)
Nuclear PowerNuclear Power
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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Medical Diagnostics and TherapeuticsMedical Diagnostics and Therapeutics
10 million Nuclear-Imaging Procedures each year
80 percent of all new drugs approved each year result from research employing radioisotopes
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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Space Exploration and National SecuritySpace Exploration and National Security
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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Industrial UsesIndustrial Uses
Food irradiation lengthens the shelf life of food by killing bacteria without leaving behind any radioactive contamination
Plastics and artificial rubber compounds are irradiated to make cling wraps and automobile tires
Smoke detectors use tiny amounts of the radioisotope Americium-241 to detect smoke particles
The airline, construction and other industries use nuclear materials to examine the structural characteristics of their products to assure their integrity and safety
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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Allocating ResourcesAllocating Resources
Maintaining Benefits $$
Expanding Benefits $$$$$
Abandoning Benefits $$$$$$$$$$
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
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On The Road to R&DOn The Road to R&D