Market competition in the nuclear industry.
Contributors: Ad Hoc Expert Group on Market Competition in the Nuclear Industry.; OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Series: Nuclear development; Nuclear development
Publisher: Nuclear Energy Agency, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9789264054066
Subjects: Nuclear industry.; Nuclear energy -- Economic aspects.
Description: Nuclear power plants require a wide variety of specialized equipment, materials and services for their construction, operation and fueling. There has been much consolidation and retrenchment in the nuclear industry since the 1980s, with the emergence of some large global nuclear companies. Electricity market liberalization in many OECD countries has meanwhile placed nuclear plant operators under increased competitive pressure. These structural changes in both the producer and consumer sides of the nuclear industry have had implications for the level of competition in the nuclear engineering and fuel cycle markets. With renewed expansion of nuclear power now anticipated, this study examines competition in the major nuclear industry sectors at present, and how this may change with a significant upturn in demand.--Publisher's description.
Notes: "This report presents the findings of this Ad hoc Expert Group on Market Competition in the Nuclear Industry"--P. 17

"NEA no. 6246."

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Assessing the competitiveness of markets; title: Competition in the design, engineering and construction of nuclear power plants; title: Competition in the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle; title: Competition in the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle; title: Competition in services for maintenance and upgrading of existing nuclear power plans (NPPs); title: Implications for competition of proposed multilateral fuel supply arrangements; title: Conclusions and recommendations.