轻水堆研究和发展战略计划-2004.pdf

Foreword lectricity demand in the United States The purpose of this strategic plan is to Eis expected to grow significantly in the establish a framework that will allow the future. Over the past decade, Americans used Department of Energy (DOE) and the 17 percent more electricity, but domestic nuclear power industry to jointly plan the capacity rose only 2.3 percent (National Energy nuclear energy research and development Policy, May 2001). Unless the United States (RD) agenda important to achieving the significantly increases its generating capacity, Nation’s energy goals. This strategic plan has the country will face an energy shortage that been developed to focus on only those RD is projected to adversely affect our economy, areas that will benefit from a coordinated our standard of living, and our national government/industry effort. Specifically, this security. Coupled with this challenge is the plan focuses on safely sustaining and expand- need to improve our environment. ing the electricity output from currently operating nuclear power plants and expand- The National Energy Policy, which provides a ing nuclear capacity through the deployment mix of recommendations to address our of new plants. By focusing on RD that Nation’s energy challenges,