Abstract
In this study, innovation is defined by describing its output as a new or significantly improved product (or process), bringing economic and/or social benefits by being introduced to the market (or by being used within an enterprise). Innovation encompasses a whole series of activities - basic research, development, demonstration, early deployment, and widespread dissemination - that result in a new or significantly improved product up to its introduction to the market and, thus, needing substantially more effort beyond R&D. The objects of this study are innovation systems necessary to achieve innovation in nuclear energy systems. These innovation systems comprise actors of innovation (government bodies, R&D performers, system/service suplliers, energy providers) and their relationships, institutional frameworks, innovation infrastructure, management practices, nuclear legal framework, etc.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Innovation in Nuclear Energy Technology |
| Place of Publication | Paris, France |
| Publisher | OECD NEA - Nuclear Energy Agency |
| Pages | 1-117 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-92-64-00644-7 |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2007 |