| Since the incidents in the late 70's and
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| | Public opinion - taken hostage by
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| 80's with 3-Mile Island and Chernobyl,
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| | extremesTechnology: extremely complex
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| nuclear technology has resides in
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| | scientific & technical challenges need
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| no-man's land, between doom and dream, or
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| | global cooperation and a 'man on the
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| between problem and peril. Twenty years
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| | moon' momentum
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| after Chernobyl, is a nuclear renaissance
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| in the making? An overview of the current
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| | Conclusion
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| status of nuclear technology:
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| | Nuclear technology needs to address its
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| Nuclear peril
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| | problems, and holds tremendous promise if
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| Waste: technical solutions exist, but
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| | it does. The 'nuclear option' does not
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| lack of a political
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| | represent a single option, but offers
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| agreementProliferation: can and needs to
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| | many choices on building additional
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| be managedNuclear safety: an issue for
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| | reactors, a moratorium ( no new
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| older nuclear plants, but promising
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| | reactors), phaseout (reduce existing
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| 'passive safety' designs for new reactors
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| | reactors), reactor types, waste
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| | processing and R&D expenditure.
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| The nuclear promise
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| | When excluding all nuclear options, a
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| The power of the atom: a fistful of
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| | plan is needed how to build an energy
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| matter holding enough energy to power a
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| | system without it. The fact that we yet
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| city of a million for a yearClimate
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| | have to see such a (transparent) plan may
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| change mitigation: each major nuclear
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| | relate to the fact that the numbers
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| power station saves 6 million tonne of
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| | simply do not add up without the use of
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| greenhouse gasses per year compared to
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| | nuclear
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| fossil-based electricity generationEnergy
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| | energy.----------------------------------
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| security: abundant energy supply when
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| using advanced reprocessing and fast
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| | Hans De Keulenaer manages Leonardo
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| neutron reactors
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| | ENERGY initiative, the Web portal for
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| | sustainable energy professionals.
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| From peril to promise
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