Belief-based Energy Technology Development in the United States: A Comparative Study of Nuclear Power and Synthetic Fuel Policies
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List of Tables

Table 1. Comparison of synthetic fuel with nuclear power.

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Table 2. Timeline of nuclear power development.

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Table 3. Early nuclear power plants.

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Table 4. Comparison of synfuel and nuclear power demonstration programs.

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Table 5. Chronology of major synfuel and nuclear power events.

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Table 6. The first nuclear power plants in the world.

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Table 7. Privately funded nuclear power plants preceding the bandwagon market.

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Table 8. Capacity and unit cost of early nuclear power plants.

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Table 9. Indian Point No. 1 capacity factors in its early years.

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Table 10. Humboldt Bay plant capacity factors.

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Table 11. Nuclear reactor orders in 1965.

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Table 12. Prediction (in 1979) of electric capacity in year 2000 vs. reality.

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Table 13. Power plant cancellations (number of units).

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