The Future of Nuclear Power

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Springer Science & Business Media, 31 janv. 1989 - 228 pages
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Table des matières

Understanding the problem
1
Public attitudes
4
Public fears
8
Apocalypse Now
11
The social debate
12
The environmental movement
15
The opposition to nuclear power
19
The bomb
22
Environmental and economic advantage
111
The nuclear fuel cycle
112
Mining hazards
114
Fuel fabrication
115
Enrichment
116
Reactor types
117
Fast reactors
118
Inherently safe reactors
119

Information
23
Appendix
26
Groupfaithfuls
27
Selffaithful
28
Notes and references
29
Energy need
31
Social and economic change
34
Urbanization
35
The NorthSouth divide
45
Notes and references
48
Energy demand and supply
49
Available resource
55
Renewable energies
65
Regional energy balances and nuclear needs
66
Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland Romania and USSR
67
EEC Nordic countries Austria Switzerland Israel Portugal Turkey and Yugoslavia
68
Industrialized Pacific countries
69
North Africa and Middle East
70
South East Asia
71
Communist Asia
72
Latin America
73
Imposed constraints
74
Conclusions
75
Appendix I World regional energy divisions
76
Radioactivity and nuclear power
78
Sources of radiation
79
Paths of exposure
80
Atmospheric dispersion
81
Aquatic dispersion
83
Radiation dose
84
Doses received
87
Manmade radiation
89
Nuclear power industry
91
The effects of radiation
92
Radiological protection
94
Radiation dose limits
96
Understanding radiation limits
98
Actual harm?
99
Healthy workers
102
Cancer incidence and nuclear installations
103
Radiation in perspective
106
Is radiation good for you?
108
Notes and references
109
Reactor wastes
120
Direct disposal of irradiated fuel
122
Reprocessing plants
123
Radioactive discharges
124
Waste disposal
126
Heatgenerating wastes
134
Transport
136
Decommissioning
138
Is it worth it?
140
Greenhouse effect
144
Health and safety advantages
146
Economic advantage
147
Notes and references
150
Accident risks
151
Design for safety
153
Quality assurance
155
Design targets
156
Unacceptable accidents
157
Human factors
161
Three Mile Island
164
Chernobyl
165
Emergency planning
169
Public risk
170
Toleration of risk
172
Notes and references
177
Atoms for peace?
179
International safeguards
181
Notes and references
187
Public participation
188
Public inquiries
191
Parliamentary committees
193
Local participation
195
Local consultation
196
Notes and references
197
Summary and conclusions
198
Is it needed?
199
Environmental advantage
200
Are safety levels adequate?
201
Is radiation dangerous?
202
Conclusion
205
Notes and references
207
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