Energy Planning, Nuclear Promises and Realities

Beatriz Muñoz-Delgado and M. d. Mar Rubio-Varas
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Beatriz Muñoz-Delgado: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
M. d. Mar Rubio-Varas: Universidad Pública de Navarra
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Maria del Mar Rubio Varas

Chapter 8 in The Economic History of Nuclear Energy in Spain, 2017, pp 217-248 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This final chapter establishes a balance between the objectives of the Spanish nuclear program, the promises made in the years of atomic optimism, and their results. Nuclear energy arose as an answer for the increasing electricity demand, diversifying the energy mix, and for minimizing the high external dependence on imported oil. After examining the earliest forecast about nuclear power in Spain and the energy planning that justified the atomic option, we turn our attention to analysing the compliance of the objectives in the energy field. Among others we scrutinize the impact of nuclear power on energy issues such as the diversification of the energy matrix, external energy dependency and the security of supply. Our review of historical evidence provides some rebuttals to the principal promises that pushed the Spanish nuclear program since its inception. But it also finds some accomplishments with regard to how nuclear power helped to create a new industry and modernize the country.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59867-3_8

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