Geographical political economy of nuclear power plant closures

Greco, Angelica; Yamamoto, Daisaku

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.08.017

Cited by 10 publications

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“…The main exception to this trend is the widely-studied German energiewende (energy transition), which included a phaseout of nuclear energy (Johnstone and Stirling, 2020; Pegels and Lütkenhorst, 2014; Ramana and Delumeau, 2020). This article builds on existing studies of nuclear shutdown in geographical political economy (Greco and Yamamoto, 2019; Watts, 2012; Watts et al, 2010), highlighting the need to examine devaluation as an element of transitions that affects assets beyond the fossil fuel sector, resulting from the interactions of diverse political pressures and the changing economics of energy sources. In light of the contentious debate regarding the place of nuclear in climate mitigation strategies, further empirical research is necessary into the political economic forces affecting existing nuclear assets’ prospects across contexts.…”

Section: Justice and Devaluation In Energy Transitionsmentioning

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Managing decline: Devaluation and just transition at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

Nelson

Ramana

2023

Environ Plan A

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This paper examines the shifting fortunes of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California to better understand how asset owners are dealing with an increasingly-significant problem in changing energy landscapes: the devaluation of large fixed capital assets. In 2016, Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced a Joint Proposal to retire the Diablo Canyon plant by 2025, the result of a negotiated compromise with labor unions, environmental and community groups. Heralded by many commentators as a model for “just transitions” in the energy sector, this agreement has lately been called into question as new subsidies and political coalitions have emerged to support for the plant's continued operation. This paper investigates the political and economic conditions for the Joint Proposal as an example of “negotiated devaluation,” aiming to understand why and how this strategy took shape, and what lessons it offers for other transition processes. Linking literatures on just transitions and devaluation in the energy sector, we show how negotiated devaluation may offer an emerging strategy for owners of energy assets to manage decline in a changing energy landscape. The case also demonstrates the political contingency of these coalitions and the transitions they subtend, and the limited dimensions of justice that might be affirmed in them.

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Section: Justice and Devaluation In Energy Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Managing decline: Devaluation and just transition at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

Nelson

Ramana

2023

Environ Plan A

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“…Politinė ekonomika turizme leidžia pabrėžti pagrindines valstybės charakteristikas: asmenines, bendruomenės, valstybės, be to, įveiklinti įvairias globalias ir vietines temas, tokias kaip branduolinė katastrofa Fukušimoje, klimato kaita ir pan. (Greco, Yamamoto, 2019). Elgesio ekonomikos turizme svarbu patenkinti dabarties poreikius, nemažinant ateities kartų galimybių tenkinti savo poreikius, t. y. pagrindiniu tikslu tampa siekis apsaugoti aplinką atitinkamai elgiantis (Wang ir kt., 2019).…”

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Tarp tamsiojo ir darniojo turizmo

Kriščiūnaitė¹,

Pranskūnienė²

2021

Regional Formation and Development Studies

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Straipsnyje aptariami tamsiojo ir darniojo turizmo aspektai, atskleidžiamos tamsiojo turizmo lankytojų patirtys darniojo turizmo kontekste. Pristatomas tyrimas, kurį atliekant analizuotos Šaltojo karo muziejaus, kuris įsikūręs Žemaitijos nacionaliniame parke, lankytojų patirtys. Tyrimo duomenų analizei pasirinkta teminė analizė, kuri yra lanksti, neribojama konkrečių teorijų ar sistemų. Temine analize siekta atskleisti Žemaitijos nacionalinio parko Šaltojo karo muziejaus lankytojų patirtis, analizuojant "TripAdvisor" lankytojų atsiliepimus apie Žemaitijos nacionalinio parko ir Šaltojo karo muziejaus lankymo patirtis. Teminė analizė padėjo atskleisti dvylika temų, susietų į tris temines grupes, pavadintas "Tarp erdvės ir unikalumo", "Tarp istorijos ir patirties", "Tarp tamsiojo ir darniojo turizmo". Atliktas tyrimas atskleidė, kad ateityje plėtojant Žemaitijos nacionalinio parko Šaltojo karo ekspoziciją pravartu atkreipti dėmesį į unikalias lankytojų patirtis, Žemaitijos nacionalinio parko vystymą kreipiančias glaudesnės tamsiojo ir darniojo turizmo sąveikos link.

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“…The extension of the operating life of nuclear power plants is a solution to energy production-without carbon emissions-for a long time [54]. Due to the aging in the most important components-which implies a continuing time-dependent degradation of materials due to service conditions, including normal operation and transient conditions-the nuclear power plants are initially designed for a technical life of 40 years [55].…”

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A Global Review of PWR Nuclear Power Plants

2020

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Nuclear energy is presented as a real option in the face of the current problem of climate change and the need to reduce CO2 emissions. The nuclear reactor design with the greatest global impact throughout history and which has the most ambitious development plans is the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). Thus, a global review of such a reactor design is presented in this paper, utilizing the analysis of (i) technical aspects of the different variants of the PWR design implemented over the past eight years, (ii) the level of implementation of PWR nuclear power plants in the world, and (iii) a life extension scenario and future trends in PWR design based on current research and development (R&D) activity. To develop the second analysis, a statistical study of the implementation of the different PWR variants has been carried out. Such a statistical analysis is based on the operating factor, which represents the relative frequency of reactors operating around the world. The results reflect the hegemony of the western variants in the 300 reactors currently operating, highlighting the North American and French versions. Furthermore, a simulation of a possible scenario of increasing the useful life of operational PWRs up to 60 years has been proposed, seeing that in 2050 the generation capacity of nuclear PWRs power plants will decrease by 50%, and the number of operating reactors by 70%.

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Geographical political economy of nuclear power plant closures

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

Managing decline: Devaluation and just transition at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

Managing decline: Devaluation and just transition at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

Tarp tamsiojo ir darniojo turizmo

A Global Review of PWR Nuclear Power Plants

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