Nuclear fission reactors and Steam turbines and thermal power plants

Energy flows from nuclear fission reactors to steam turbines and thermal power plants; their prices have moved together.

Nuclear fission reactors (energy) and Steam turbines and thermal power plants (energy): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Energy flow

Physical flow · 99% of flow · Nuclear fission reactors → Steam turbines and thermal power plants

Reactor heat raises steam that drives large turbines.

• 99% of Nuclear fission reactors's energy goes this way

2. Price link: major customer

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Nuclear plants use some of the largest steam turbines made. The proxy here is the uranium price, which correlates at -0.01 with the index monthly: uranium is a small part of nuclear cost and turbine orders follow reactor projects, not fuel markets.

• -0.01 monthly change correlation
• -0.28 12-month change correlation
• -0.08 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.