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(Mon, 07 May 2018) In EIA’s <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2018</em> Reference case, U.S. nuclear power generating capacity is projected to decline from 99.3 gigawatts (GW) to 79.1 GW over the projection period of 2017–50. To address some of the uncertainty surrounding this projection, this Issues in Focus article presents sensitivity cases under different assumptions for oil and natural gas availability, nuclear power unit costs, and carbon policies.