The challenges to nuclear power in the twenty-first century
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The challenges to nuclear power in the twenty-first century
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2000
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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  United States of America
Note
"Proceedings of the International Energy Forum 1999, held November 5-6, 1999, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"International Energy Forum 1999" was held in Washington D.C. during November 5-6, 1999 in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Crystal City. Once again the main topic was Nuclear Energy. Various papers presented contained pros and cons of Nuclear Energy for generating electricity. We were aiming to clarify the often discussed subject matter of the virtues of Nuclear Energy with regard to Global Warming as compared to using fossil fuels for the generation of electricity. The latter is also currently the only way to operate our means of transportation like automobiles, planes etc. Therefore emission into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases constitutes the main source of Global Warming, which is absent in the case of Nuclear Energy. These arguments are often put forward to promote the use of Nuclear Energy. However not all is well with the Nuclear Energy. There are the questions of the waste problem so far unsolved, safety of Nuclear Reactors is not guaranteed to the extent that they are inherently safe. If we aim to construct inherently safe reactors, then the economics of a Nuclear Reactor makes it unacceptable.
Table of Contents
- Section I: Energy: An Ecumenical View. The Problem of Energy and Nuclear Matters
- B.N. Kursunoglu. U.S. Energy Policy and the Nuclear Future
- E.J. Moniz. Challenge to Nuclear Power in the Next Century, Can They Be Overcome
- P. Beck, M. Grimston. Section II: Need for Nuclear Energy. Nuclear Technology: Need for New Vision
- C. Bastin. Nuclear Power in the Context of Critical Global Problems
- D. Bodansky. Section III: Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy. Nuclear Energy and Security
- T.E. Blejuas, et al. Energy Problems of the Future, Can We Solve Them
- B. Wolfe. Public and Political Support for Nuclear Energy
- S. Peterson. Nuclear Power: Liability or Asset?
- M.B. Kratzer. Section IV: Concluding Panel Discussions. Remarks for the Concluding Panel, Global Foundation 1999 Energy Conference, Washington D.C., November 1999
- C.P. Zaleski. Section V: After Dinner Speech. Turkey and Energy Security in the Caucasus and Central Asia
- P.M. Wihbey.
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