| Since the incidents in the late 70's and 80's | | | | From 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 problem | | | | extremesTechnology: extremely complex |
| and peril. Twenty years after Chernobyl, is a | | | | scientific & technical challenges need global |
| nuclear renaissance in the making? An | | | | cooperation and a 'man on the moon' momentum |
| overview of the current status of nuclear | | | | |
| technology: | | | | |
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| Nuclear peril | | | | Conclusion |
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| Waste: technical solutions exist, but lack | | | | Nuclear technology needs to address its |
| of a political agreementProliferation: can | | | | problems, and holds tremendous promise if it |
| and needs to be managedNuclear safety: an | | | | does. The 'nuclear option' does not represent |
| issue for older nuclear plants, but promising | | | | a single option, but offers many choices on |
| 'passive safety' designs for new reactors | | | | building 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 matter | | | | is needed how to build an energy system |
| holding enough energy to power a city of a | | | | without 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 6 | | | | fact that the numbers simply do not add up |
| million tonne of greenhouse gasses per year | | | | without the use of nuclear |
| compared to fossil-based electricity | | | | energy.-------------------------------------- |
| generationEnergy security: abundant energy | | | | ---------------- |
| supply when using advanced reprocessing and | | | | |
| fast neutron reactors | | | | Hans De Keulenaer manages Leonardo ENERGY |
| | | | initiative, the Web portal for sustainable |
| | | | energy professionals. |
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