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Economic and Employment Impacts of Small Modular Reactors - SMR

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Figure 8.d<br />

Jobs <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Impacts</strong> (Thous<strong>and</strong>s)<br />

250<br />

200<br />

150<br />

100<br />

50<br />

<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Impacts</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>SMR</strong>s Operations (Jobs)<br />

<strong>Employment</strong> Low Nuclear Adoption<br />

Case<br />

<strong>Employment</strong> Moderate Nuclear<br />

Adoption Case<br />

<strong>Employment</strong> High Nuclear<br />

Adoption Case<br />

<strong>Employment</strong> Disruptive Nuclear<br />

Adoption Case<br />

0<br />

2010 2015 2020 2025 2030<br />

$6<br />

Figure 8.e<br />

<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Impacts</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>SMR</strong>s Operations<br />

(Indirect Business Taxes)<br />

Indirect Business Taxes <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Impacts</strong><br />

(Billions $)<br />

$5<br />

$4<br />

$3<br />

$2<br />

$1<br />

$0<br />

Indirect Business Taxes Low Nuclear<br />

Adoption Case<br />

Indirect Business Taxes Moderate<br />

Nuclear Adoption Case<br />

Indirect Business Taxes High Nuclear<br />

Adoption Case<br />

Indirect Business Taxes Disruptive<br />

Nuclear Adoption Case<br />

2010 2015 2020 2025 2030<br />

Projected <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Impacts</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>SMR</strong> Industry by 2030<br />

Under the assumptions utilized in this study, by year 2030 the market for <strong>SMR</strong>s will be substantially if<br />

not fully developed. Figures 9.a through 9.e report various economic impacts by the year 2030 for each<br />

<strong>of</strong> the projected dem<strong>and</strong> scenarios: Low, Medium, High, <strong>and</strong> Disruptive. The research team reports the<br />

economic impacts by sales (output), value-­‐added, earnings (payroll), jobs, <strong>and</strong> indirect business taxes.<br />

These data are presented in tabular form in Appendix C.<br />

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