Download or read book Market Potential for Non-electric Applications of Nuclear Energy written by and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report assesses short and long term market trends for the non-electric applications of nuclear energy up to the year 2020 and for the period 2020-2050. It focuses on the following applications: district heating, desalination (of sea, brackish and waste water), industrial heat supply, ship propulsion and the energy supply for spacecraft; with the emphasis placed on economic and other factors that may promote or hinder the growth of these markets. The book is structured by demand categories rather than possible reactor types; and each section considers a specific non-electric application in terms of its market size, the prospects for nuclear technologies and the economic competitiveness of the technologies.