What is nuclear energy and how it is obtained


Nuclear Power: Between Promise And Peril

Since the incidents in the late 70's and 80'sFrom  peril  to  promise
with 3-Mile Island and Chernobyl, nuclear
technology has resides in no-man's land,Public opinion - taken hostage by
between doom and dream, or between problemextremesTechnology: extremely complex
and peril. Twenty years after Chernobyl, is ascientific & technical challenges need global
nuclear renaissance in the making? Ancooperation  and a 'man on the moon' momentum
overview of the current status of nuclear
technology:
Nuclear  perilConclusion
Waste: technical solutions exist, but lackNuclear technology needs to address its
of a political agreementProliferation: canproblems, and holds tremendous promise if it
and needs to be managedNuclear safety: andoes. The 'nuclear option' does not represent
issue for older nuclear plants, but promisinga single option, but offers many choices on
'passive  safety'  designs  for  new reactorsbuilding additional reactors, a moratorium (
no new reactors), phaseout (reduce existing
reactors), reactor types, waste processing
and  R&D  expenditure.
The  nuclear  promise
When excluding all nuclear options, a plan
The power of the atom: a fistful of matteris needed how to build an energy system
holding enough energy to power a city of awithout it. The fact that we yet have to see
million for a yearClimate change mitigation:such a (transparent) plan may relate to the
each major nuclear power station saves 6fact that the numbers simply do not add up
million tonne of greenhouse gasses per yearwithout the use of nuclear
compared to fossil-based electricityenergy.--------------------------------------
generationEnergy security: abundant energy----------------
supply when using advanced reprocessing and
fast  neutron  reactorsHans De Keulenaer manages Leonardo ENERGY
initiative, the Web portal for sustainable
energy professionals.



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